Enhanced Care Unit

Descriptions

***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY***

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), for which Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is the Lead Provider are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit.

The service(s) must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.

Contract Length is expected to be a maximum of 15 months, in line with the Lead Provider contract commissioned by NHSE.

The contract awarded will be a ‘Lead Provider sub-contract’ for the purposes of fulfilling our responsibilities under our ‘Lead Provider contract’ with the Commissioner. Should the Lead Provider arrangements change during the term of the contract, relevant responsibilities will be transferred to an alternative organisation as appropriate. The General Condition 12 ‘Assignment and Sub-Contracting’ of the NHS Standard Contract, as per the obligations of the commissioner, will set out the terms and conditions under which the contract will be transferred or assigned to the relevant Lead Provider or relevant commissioning authority.

The Contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the general NHS Standard Contract issued by the Commissioner(s), which can be found at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/

Further details are provided in II.2.4 below.

The Commissioner intends to hold a market engagement event via MS Teams on 18th September 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30, with follow up 30 minute 1:1 sessions being held on 19th September 2025 between 09:00 – 17:00. You will only be invited to a 1:1 session if you have attended the market engagement event, to ensure all attendees have access to the same information. Sessions will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis. Interested parties should express an interest in attending by completing a short questionnaire which can be found on the Atamis Health Family portal (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for project C384582. A link to the event can be accessed via the invitation located within the Documents area of the Atamis project.

Please ensure that you have registered your interest in attending the market engagement event by 17th September 2025 at 12 noon.