UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Provision of PET-CT Scanning Capacity for the following Trusts: • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundations Trust (UHB)<br/>• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW)<br/>• University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM)<br/>• Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWH)<br/>• Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBH)<br/><br/>Service anticipated to commence April 2027 for 24 months with option to extend for a further 12 months.

This is a competitive procedure under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The competition is being run by Birmingham Solihull Procurement Collaborative on behalf of Birmingham Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative.<br/><br/>Reach Out (RO) is the West Midland’s Adult Secure Provider Collaborative and provides the oversight and quality assurance for specialised mental health services across the region for medium and low secure adult inpatient services for mental illness, learning disabilities and autism, and specialist community forensic teams for mental illness.<br/>The aim is to commission 15 medium secure beds and 30 low secure beds, within the West Midlands region, preferably on a single site. These are expected to be a mixture of acute and rehab beds based on demand in keeping with patient’s best interests.<br/><br/>The Expected service commencement date is 1st of April 2027 and the duration of this contract will be 3 years, plus 2 x 1 year extensions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England and the West Midlands, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Good Hope Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and various Community Services. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. As an NHS organisation, UHB will see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites. UHB currently employs over 20,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and well being. Umbrella operates from several outlets across Birmingham and Solihull. In addition, partner organisations provide parts of the service from each of their localities. Finally, the service provides an online STI home sampling and online booking service. In the financial year 2025-26, Umbrella had a total of 102,322 patient contacts. A third of these were seen at Whittall Street Clinic (main hub) in the centre of Birmingham. Currently approximately 190 staff work for the Umbrella organisation. The success of the Umbrella service is measured in terms of its performance in supporting the following sexual health priority outcomes: Increasing chlamydia diagnoses in the 15-24 age group Reducing under 18 conceptions Prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) excluding injections (Females aged 15-44 years) Reducing new STI diagnoses (excluding chlamydia in under 25s) Reducing the late diagnosis of HIV This Pre Market Engagement Notice outlines the requirements for an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system to be implemented by the Umbrella Sexual Health Service across Birmingham and Solihull, England. Please note the Contract Value is an estimate factoring in current spend and should only be used as an example only. Please see the Briefing note within the PME documents for more information.