Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

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.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

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

15/07/2026

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

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: : 75 152 224.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 31/07/26. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Any written representations should be sent to: cwicb.hwicb_governance@nhs.net

The Coventry and Warwickshire ICB Chiefs (Executives) gave approval of this award at the scheduled NHS Coventry & Warwickshire ICB, NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB Public Meetings in Common on 15th July 2026.

Conflict of interest declarations have been completed for all officers involved with the completion of the evaluation of this DAP C. No conflicts have been identified as part of this process.

Statement explaining the relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria:

Key Criteria 1: Quality and Innovation

Quality and innovation are material to this award because Tier 3 CAMHS services manage clinical risk, safeguarding interfaces, crisis response, specialist assessment and evidence-based treatment for children and young people with complex mental health needs. Equal weighting is deemed appropriate because quality must be considered alongside access, integration, value, sustainability and social value; no single criterion can be considered in isolation for a community-based specialist CAMHS service.

Examples of areas reviewed under this criterion:

• KPI performance, contract monitoring data and performance dashboard

• Patient feedback and engagement, Healthwatch feedback and RISE model feedback

• CQC service rating, summary records and reports

• Commissioner quality reviews and audits, CWPT Quality Account data

• Innovation via RISE model data, service evaluations, redesign and transformation work programmes

Key Criteria 2: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability

Integration, collaboration and service sustainability are material because the service relies on strong pathways with Tier 2 services, schools, primary care, social care, crisis services, eating disorder pathways, neurodevelopmental services and acute interfaces.

Examples of areas reviewed under this criterion:

• Integration and collaboration via RISE public pathway information, the Navigation Hub and subcontracting arrangements with other providers

• Co-production with Children and Young People and service user experience

• Service sustainability via the Annual Report, Workforce plan and staff recruitment and turnover

Key Criteria 3: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice

Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice are material because CAMHS demand, waiting times, vulnerable groups and variable local access are central issues for the local transformation programme.

Examples of areas reviewed under this criterion:

• Improving access via RISE referral pathways, the Navigation Hub, crisis and home treatment access

• Reducing health inequalities via EIA/QIAs, RISE data, strategies and co-production records, CAMHS Local transformation plan 2025-27

• Facilitating Choice via RISE data, the Navigation Hub and how the organisation signposts to appropriate services.

Key Criteria 4: Social Value

Social value is material because the service supports children, young people, families and local communities, and the provider is an anchor NHS organisation in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Examples of areas reviewed under this criterion:

• CWPT's role as a local NHS anchor organisation, its workforce and training contribution, work with partners across Coventry and Warwickshire

• CWPT's role as a local employer

• Social Value reporting metrics

Key Criteria 5: Value

Value is material because the award is intended to maintain continuity of specialist provision while enabling the commissioner to clarify scope, accountability and the interface with separately commissioned Tier 2 provision.

Examples of areas reviewed under this criterion:

• Benchmarking against prior spend, relevant MHSDS/ICB metrics where available, and any regional CAMHS reference costs or finance returns.

These lists are not exhaustive of the information evaluated.

Evaluation -

A minimum threshold of 60% (weighted score) was agreed as the minimum acceptable score.

• 4 separate and independent assessments were undertaken by each panel member.

• The total unweighted score was 247 out of a potential 372 points. This equated to just over 66%.

• The total weighted score was 390.5 out of a potential 552 points. This equated to 71%.

Therefore, on the narrative and numerical scoring analysis, the panel are satisfied that the requirements for use of the Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process C have been met, including that the proposed contracting arrangements do not represent a considerable change from the existing arrangements and that the incumbent provider is satisfying the existing contract and is likely to continue to deliver the services to a sufficient standard.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

21/07/2026