Darlington Crisis House (Non-clinical service)

What the buyer is asking for

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.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 30%qualityQuality and Innovation
• 30%qualityImproving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice
• 25%qualityIntegration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability
• 10%qualitySocial Value
• 5%priceValue - Pricing

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   22 Sept 2026, 14:57 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 23 days

   16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 30 days

   23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
4. Award decision expected byin 76 days

   7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice22 Sept 2026, 14:57 BST089725-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender