Contract Award: Physical Activity for SMI Patients
Summary
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for the provision of physical activity interventions to patients with SMI across Buckinghamshire. The contract value is £37,992 and was awarded to an existing provider via a direct award process.
What changed
This notice details a contract award by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of physical activity services to patients experiencing mental health problems, specifically those with SMI, in Buckinghamshire. The contract, valued at £37,992 (excluding VAT), was awarded to an existing provider through a Direct Award Process C, based on the assessment that the provider continues to meet the contract's requirements.
This award represents the finalization of a procurement process for these services. While this is a contract award notice and not a rule change, entities involved in public health service provision, particularly within the NHS, should note the specific services being procured and the value. No new compliance actions are mandated by this notice for external parties, as it pertains to a specific contract award.
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Contract
Provision of physical activity to patients with SMI
- OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST F03: Contract award notice
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-025510
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-066fba
Published 19 March 2026, 9:20pm
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one. Contracting authority Press escape key to exit two. Object four. Procedure five. Award of contract six. Complementary information
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one.1) Name and addresses
OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Littlemore Mental Health Centre, Sandford Road, Littlemore
Oxford
OX44XN
BusinessServices@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
NHS Organisation Data Service
RNU
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of physical activity to patients with SMI
two.1.2) Main CPV code
Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Physical activity interventions across Buckinghamshire for people experiencing mental health problems, with a core focus on those with SMI.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £37,992
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. Oxford Health considers that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. Oxford Health assessed the provider's service provision with respect to the key decision making criteria as outlined in the PSR. Each of these criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis by the award decision makers, and the existing provider passed each of the criteria.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 99
Price - Weighting: 1
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services Explanation:
PSR Direct Award C
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19 March 2026
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sport in Mind
Reading
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
1161323
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £37,922
Total value of the contract/lot: £37,922
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Financial values are approximate and may be subject to non-material financial change.
Written representations should be sent to BusinessServices@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk and addressed to Head of Business Services.
Conflict of interest declaration procedures followed, any decision makers who declared an interest were excluded (no interests declared in this instance)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHSE Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel
London
Country
United Kingdom
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