Open tenders / Health & social care
Open tender · Notice 089725-2026
Darlington Crisis House (Non-clinical service)
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £2.3m
- Closes
- 23 Oct 2026 (29 days)
- Where
- North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes, says the buyer
- Contract
- 1 Aug 2027 – 31 Jul 2030
In plain English
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust wants an organisation to run a new non-clinical Crisis House in Darlington, giving support to adults in mental health crisis and working alongside the Durham and Darlington crisis and intensive home treatment teams, with referrals coming from the Urgent Care Crisis service. The contract runs three years from 1 August 2027 to 31 July 2030 and is valued at about £2.29m, with bids due by 23 October 2026.
Good fit for: Mental health charities or social care providers able to staff and run a residential crisis support house.
Watch out: Run under the NHS Provider Selection Regime as a two-stage process; the earlier market engagement stage has already taken place; Single lot covering the whole service, so no chance to bid for part of it; Service must work in collaboration with NHS crisis and home treatment teams and take referrals only via the Urgent Care Crisis service
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What the buyer says
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust have a requirement for the provision of Darlington Crisis House (Non-clinical service). Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) provide a range of inpatient and community mental health and learning disability services for approximately 2 million people of all ages across a large geographical area. Durham and Darlington (D&D) Adult Mental Health (AMH) crisis services would like to welcome bids from organisations to work in collaboration with the D&D Crisis and Intensive home treatment teams to create a new non-clinical service which provides support and intervention for people who experiencing a crisis. To ensure risk is managed appropriately and any immediate clinical needs are met, the new service will receive referrals from the Urgent Care Crisis service. Stage one was a Pre Market engagement opportunity which was advertised on Find a Tender Service with an aim to input into the development for the specification and technical questions. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071229-2025 Stage two is a Competitive Tender Process, under Provider Selection Regime (PSR) therefore this is a two stage process. However please note the outcome of the awarded tender will be from the evaluation criteria of the Competitive Tender Process and not the Pre Market engagement opportunity.
Procedure: Open procedure. Published 22 Sep 2026.
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