Published date: 12 May 2023

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 30 September 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB

Published date

12 May 2023

Approach to market date

30 September 2023

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2029

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

***Prior Information Notice Only.

***This advert is for Prior Information Only *** Separate advertisements will follow in relation to the Market Engagement and Procurement stages.

The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to notify the market of the future procurement opportunity for the Provision of NHS Talking Therapies Service in Norfolk and Waveney.

Service Description

The service shall provide community orientated, evidence-based psychological therapies to people in Norfolk and Waveney from the age of 16 year and over with 'common' mental health problems, such as low mood and anxiety-based needs. This model should be aligned to the NHS Talking Therapies Manual (2023) and support the Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health ambitions.

The service shall be flexible and responsive to the population needs and operate a bio-psycho-social model of care; taking an individual's needs into consideration to plan holistic and integrated interventions to improve their wellbeing. The service will work closely with local communities, providers and the Integrated Care System (ICS) to ensure this is implemented effectively with key partners that support 'wellbeing'. This shall include a tiered approach to support, employing warm handovers and single trusted assessments to other services which can support people's mental health and wider determinants of wellbeing - providing a strong model of engagement and support in the community.

The service will take a 'needs led' approach, such that people with needs that can be met by the service should be offered and engaged with it. Further to this, the service will proactively engage with population groups and communities where there are recognised risks, low rates of engagement or health inequalities.
The service shall also offer opportunities for all who access the service to be involved in participation forums to facilitate coproduction and service user involvement with service improvement projects.

Indicative approach and Timeline

NHS Norfolk and Waveney intends to procure via a single stage open procurement process, advertised via the Find a Tender Service website.

This opportunity is anticipated to be published late September 2023, but please note this may be subject change at the Commissioners discretion.

The Commissioners intend to hold a market engagement meeting during July/August 2023. A formal advert will be placed to support the market engagement event and please note that you must register your interest separately for each of the above stages. We are unable to accept a request at this stage to attend a market engagement event or to receive tender documents.

The contract duration is expected to be 5 years with up to a 2-year extension option.

Please note that the anticipated timeline stated above is subject to amendment.


More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £0

About the buyer

Contact name

David Bailey

Address

St John's House, East Street
LEICESTER
LE16NB
England

Telephone

01332 888023

Email

david.bailey1@nhs.net