Published date: 29 October 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 November 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

  • Guidance services - 85312310

    • Counselling services - 85312320

    • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£110,000

Procurement reference

CF-0404200D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

29 October 2021

Closing date

19 November 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England and NHS Improvement is seeking to procure a relationships counselling service for both NHS staff and Social Care workers. The service will aim to offer support through three methods
1) A short intervention, solution focused helpline service (which would be first point of contact for both referrers and staff coming directly) - via a Relationships and Wellbeing Support Hub;

2)Targeted relationship support (longer, booked interventions, including counselling - livechat, webcam, telephone, email);

3) On-line, self-help resources - driven via real-time data and information gathering to both divert and "funnel" staff into the service.


The service will be available to all NHS staff and Social Care staff who live and/or work within London

Funding has been provided from National NHSE.
The Relationship Counselling service was originally piloted in London and the Midlands in 2020/21. The service was found to be beneficial for staff and was then extended into 2021/22. This contract ended at the end of July so we now plan to create a new contract to run the service up to the end of March 2022.

The contract value will be used to fund staff and technology for the service. The specific breakdown will depend on which provider is selected.

To apply for this opportunity, please follow the below link - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

About the buyer

Contact name

Sajjad Khan

Address

Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
GB

Email

sajjad.khan2@nhs.net