Official UK procurement notice
VCSE - Mental Health Crisis Prevention and Outreach Service LOT 1
Authority: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Mental Health Crisis Prevention and Outreach Service will offer timely, flexible, and responsive support to de-escalate crises in the community. This will be a VCSE-led service providing short-term crisis prevention and outreach for individuals who are unknown or recently known to secondary care services and who may present to Emergency Departments outside of standard operating hours. The service will be an important preventative element in Croydon’s mental health pathway.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£283,333
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical & Social Value Envelope: 80%
- Commercial Envelope: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical & Social Value Envelope
- Commercial Envelope
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jan 2026, 09:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 May 2026
- Authority reference
C417120- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005596- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060bccFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Jan 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published280 days ago22 Jan 2026, 09:50 GMT
- Latest notice published274 days ago27 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMT
- Clarification questions by231 days ago12 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline223 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by180 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts120 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jan 2026- Tender notice published22 Jan 2026, 09:50 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £283,33327 Jan 2026, 15:53 GMTwas £340,000
Published amendments (1)
Change to Contract start date & Values
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender