Market Engagement for Children and Young People's Safe Space Crisis Café in Brent
Summary
West London NHS Trust issued a market engagement notice for a Children and Young People's Safe Space Crisis Café in Brent to support CYP with mental health issues as an alternative to A&E. The engagement event is scheduled for 13 April 2026, with responses due by 10 April 2026. This early engagement precedes a potential formal tender for services staffed by Crisis Support Navigators operating 365 days annually.
What changed
The North West London CAMHS Provider Collaborative is conducting early market engagement to gauge supplier interest in providing a Safe Space/Crisis Café service for children and young people experiencing mental health crises. The proposed service would operate 365 days per year from 3pm into the evening, staffed by non-clinical Crisis Support Navigators with CAMHS and crisis care expertise, offering an alternative to Accident and Emergency attendance.
Interested organisations should contact wlm-tr.nwlcamhspc@nhs.net by 10 April 2026 to register for the market engagement event on 13 April 2026. Note that this engagement is explicitly non-binding and does not constitute part of any future procurement; however, participation may inform the final service specification. Suppliers should note that SMEs and VCSEs are suitable for this contract.
What to do next
- Register interest by emailing wlm-tr.nwlcamhspc@nhs.net with attendee names before the closing date
- Attend market engagement event on 13 April 2026 at 2pm if interested in potential future delivery
- Prepare and submit market engagement responses to inform service specification development
Source document (simplified)
Published date: 30 March 2026
Last edited date: 30 March 2026
Open early engagement - This means that a procurement idea is currently active, it is in the early stage of development and judging interest from potential suppliers.
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Contract summary
Industry
- Community health services - 85323000
Location of contract
NW1 3JN
Procurement reference
CF-3464700D0O000000rwimUAA
Published date
30 March 2026
Closing date
10 April 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The North West London CAMHS Provider Collaborative would like to invite interested parties to a market engagement event to find out about an exciting opportunity to provide a Children and Young People's Safe Space to support Children and Young People with mental health issues as an alternative to attending Accident and Emergency departments.
It is proposed that the service will be open 365 days a year from 3pm into the evening and will provide an inviting safe space for CYP and their families and carers.
The children and young people safe space will be staffed with non-clinical highly specialised Crisis Support Navigators who will have expertise in CAMHS and crisis care.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Early engagement
- Published 30 March 2026 Additional text
Organisations who would like to attend the Market Engagement Event on Monday 13th April at 2pm should contact wlm-tr.nwlcamhspc@nhs.net advising of the names of staff who will be attending the event.
DISCLAIMERS:
West London NHS Trust is still finalising its decision in regard to future service provision and is inviting market engagement to seek the views and opinions of those organisations that may be interested to become involved to delivering this future service;
This Market Engagement Event (MEE) , and any subsequent information provided in response to it, does not form an integral part of any potential future procurement exercise and should be considered as an attempt by the Trust to engage with the potential market for delivering the services;
This MEE, the accompanying information and the responses received arising from it are in no way legally binding on any party;
Participation in the engagement exercise is not a mandatory requirement for participating in any potential future procurement; however, responses received will assist to inform West London NHS Trust as to the level of interest from the market
Any responses and information that are shared through this market engagement exercise may be used by West London NHS Trust to inform development of the final service specification prior to a formal tender process.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Neh Ntumazah
Address
350 Euston Road
London
NW1 3JN
GB
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