Published date: 15 June 2017

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: 28 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£3,250,000

Procurement reference

TOWER001-DN282244-30066716

Published date

15 June 2017

Closing date

28 July 2017

Contract start date

1 January 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets require the service of an organisation or group of organisations to provide a comprehensive integrated health and wellbeing service for young people aged 10-19 (and particularly vulnerable young people aged 19-25 years old) in Tower Hamlets.The key objectives of the service are to:

• Promote health and wellbeing through health promotion, education and, where appropriate, treatment for sexual ill health and substance misuse;
• Provide a welcoming, accessible service with a clear culture of ongoing enquiry and challenge to 'normalised' harmful practices;
• Provide brief interventions for young people engaging in behaviours that may become harmful to their health and wellbeing;
• Identify and deliver targeted education and early intervention programmes to groups/individuals at risk;
• Provide advice and information for young people and their parents/carers on exploratory risky behaviours including sexual health and substance misuse;
• Ensure services are acceptable and accessible to people disproportionately affected by unintended pregnancy, sexual ill health and harms associated with substance misuse based on up to date needs assessment;
• Enable those young people who are unable to stop using drugs to stabilise their drug use and minimise harm;
• Provide testing and treatment programmes for children and young people that address sexual health and/or substance misuse needs (alcohol, drugs and tobacco);
• Support service users children and young people in returning to school/further education/training/employment to reduce the risk of relapse into harmful behaviours;
• Participate in partnership working with other relevant agencies including mutually agreed reciprocal staff training where appropriate for key staff groups;
• Transition into adult services, this will include contributing to transitional care plan;
• Collect demographic data relating to behaviours, referrals, utilisation of services and programmes in addition to general service activity and quality data and provide this as part of the JSNA process in the local authority area;
• Promote self-efficacy and health literacy.
A supplier engagement event will take place on
Thursday 29 June
11-1pm in Room 101
Albert Jacob House
62 Roman Road
London
E2

Please email Sumaya.munim@towerhamlets.gov.uk to register your interest in attending the event.

More information

Additional text

Contract period for 36 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months

About the buyer

Contact name

John Collins

Address

Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2073644099

Email

john.collins@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Website

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk