North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS TrustEstimated Value
Up to £30,268
Deadline
Not specified
Published
30 October 2026
Type
services
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £30,268
- Published
- 30 October 2026
- Location
- West Midlands
- Type
- Services · limited procedure
- CPV code
- 85111500 Psychiatric hospital services
- Likely incumbent
- Cygnet Appletree Back (estimated from past awards)
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Overview
Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit inpatient bed CPV: 85111500-5 This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime)Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 for Direct Award Process B, where the the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and concluded that this is the only available option.
The Trust has a choice of providers, and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service provided is Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) inpatient bed.
Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B.
Additional details
At £1,081.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be re-patriated where clinically appropriate.
Estimated total cost £30,268 From 46284 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangements with them in the past, and this is a continuation of that service for a new placement, now coming through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly but that the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is directly awarding a contract for an out‑of‑area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) inpatient bed. The provider will host a patient for an unknown period (nominally 4 weeks) at £1,081 per day, with daily clinical reviews Monday‑Friday and repatriation when clinically appropriate.
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Award Details
Cygnet Godden Green Godden Green, Sevenoaks TN15 0JR
£30,268
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS TrustKey Dates
Published
30 October 2026
Submission deadline
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Notice type
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