Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
RMY
County Hall
Norwich
NR21NH
UK
Contact person: Amanda Roberts
E-mail: amanda.k.roberts@nsft.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Professional Therapeutic Pathway (PTP) - Central Norfolk CAMHs
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
To meet the needs of and provide therapy intervention to young people who are currently waiting over 52 weeks for treatment with CFYP services. Identified young people will be offered CBT/EMDR or CBT informed intervention.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
248 112.72
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service is the Professional Therapeutic Pathway (PTP), it will deliver therapeutic interventions for children and young people (CYP) aged under 18 years old, who have been waiting for over 52 weeks for treatment by Central Norfolk CFYP services
CYP will have been assessed by the central CFYP teams in accordance with their usual processes. If upon review it has been identified that their needs can be satisfactorily met by the sub-contractor, these cases will be allocated to the sub-contractor to complete their treatment.
108 cases will be referred. A weekly interface meeting will be scheduled to ensure the PTP has the relevant therapist (with the correct qualifications), as well as capacity to support the CYP in a timely manner. This will result in improved access waits and overall wait-to-treatment time.
Those waiting the longest will be considered first.
The use of outcome measures will demonstrate an improvement in the wellbeing of appropriate cases
The provider will identify appropriately qualified therapists for each CYP, this will be discussed at the weekly interface which functions as the conduit for information between trust and individual therapists
The CYP will have been assessed and had safety calls from NSFT's CFYP teams to ascertain risk and intervention level, and to record a risk and safety plan on Lorenzo should the young person make contact with CFYP via Duty or other NSFT services such as CAIST or 111 option 2. The PTP therapist will meet face to face with individuals (ideally) providing psychological informed interventions leading to improved outcomes in the young person's mental health
DNAs will be reported to the Trust, and in these cases the senior clinicians within the CFYP teams will follow NSFT's clinical harm review policy to decide next steps.
The young people will remain open to CFYP services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: to address immediate risks to safety and quality of care
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
The award must be made urgently in order to achieve the objectives and outcomes of the contract for the impacted population
the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and is not attributable to the relevant authority
delaying the award of the contract to conduct a full application of the regime would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety as this would cause a material and significant delay which would result in non-provision of the service for the population. This will cause delays to treatment, and has potential for deterioration of those awaiting treatment. Due to the urgency a brief market test was completed, there was only one provider with the required capacity.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/03/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
YMCA Norfolk
801606
Norwich
UK
NUTS: UKH
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 248 112.72
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Not mandatory under PSR
Not mandatory under PSR
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/04/2026