Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
- Buyer
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Closes
- 1 November 2027
- Where
- Stoke-on-Trent, the North West
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
North Staffordshire NHS Trust is building a list of approved mental health service providers for children and young people (ages 0–25). They're reopening their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to invite qualified organisations to join, so they can call on them over the next 5 years to deliver various CAMHS services.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver child and adolescent mental health services across North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, using face-to-face, digital, or blended approaches • Work with a multi-disciplinary team, using trauma-informed and strengths-based care methods • Measure and report on outcomes using agreed assessment tools • Provide accessible, timely, high-quality services to children, young people, and their families
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This contract requires NHS-registered clinical mental health professionals and CQC registration. Most small building, electrical, or facilities trades cannot qualify. Only specialist mental health providers with clinical staff and healthcare governance will be eligible.
How to bid
This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.
How dynamic purchasing systems work
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