Published date: 28 April 2016

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: 16 May 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

  • Social services - 85320000

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

HCC0416AQP

Published date

28 April 2016

Closing date

16 May 2016

Contract start date

1 October 2016

Contract end date

30 September 2019

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The service will offer primary care counseling to service users registered with a GP in Hertfordshire aged over 16 years old with mild to moderate range of mental health problems reporting as suffering from;
• Pathological bereavement
• Coping with injury or illness
• Developmental or life crises
• Emotional or physical abuse issues
• Family relationship issues
• Loss e.g. relationship, employment, health etc.
• Self-image and identity issues
• Lack of direction, alienation, existential problems
• Stress and trauma - pre and post event
• Issues of sexuality
• Early onset addictive behaviors; drug misuse, eating disorders, alcoholism

Service to be Commissioned
Primary Care Counseling providing a counseling service and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme model of mental health support.

In East and North Herts CCG all counselling offered will be IAPT compliant.
In Herts Valleys CCG, both IAPT and non-IAPT compliant therapies can be offered
Indicative rates are as follows:
£40 per 1-2-1 session
£50 per group session Contract
Length 3.5 years

General information The following dates are the indicative
Key Milestones for the AQP process:
Publication of Contract Advert - 26 May
2016 Deadline for Submission of Proposal - 1 July 2016
Evaluation of Proposals - 4 to 11 July 2016
Providers informed of outcome - 19 July 2016
Feedback to Bidders delivered - 20 to 24 July 2016
Standstill Period - 25 to 8 August 2016
Mobilisation Period - 12 August to 30 September
Service Commencement - October 1st

Provider Information Session
The Commissioners will be holding a provider
information session on the 16 May
2016, 13:00 - 17:00 in Stevenage. Further details
will be available once interested providers have registered on the Commissioners' online procurement portal, instructions for which are contained in this advert.

Registering your organisation
In order to express an interest in the event, please register your organisation on our Portal (see below). It is free to register and should take no more than five minutes to complete the registration process. To register an expression of interest in
Events on the portal please read the following instructions:
1. Go to the Current Opportunities page of our portal which can be found at the following URL:
https://portal.clinicalprocurementsolutions.co.uk/current_opportunities.cfm

2. Click view to see the summary of the Event in which you wish to register interest

3. Click the button named 'Login or Register to View Further Information' and register your organisation should you not have done so
previously.

4. The Authority will then confirm acceptance of your registration with a message.

More information

Links

Additional text

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/

About the buyer

Contact name

Louis Sanford (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01992 556236

Email

louis.sanford@hertfordshire.gov.uk