How to win: Darlington Crisis House (Non-clinical service)

About this contract

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

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — TEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,291,600, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 23 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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