Published date: 9 December 2021

This notice was replaced on 24 May 2022

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Awarded contract (published 24 May 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Training services - 80500000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

WA12225

Published date

9 December 2021

Closing date

12 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Devon ICS serves a population of 1.2m and covers a significantly larger geography than most systems, with a culturally diverse population and including recognised areas of increased social deprivation. There is also a significantly high proportion of an older population demographic than most systems and therefore this can become a challenge in terms of providing the highest possible standards of health and social care. It is essential that we do our best to support staff to achieve and maintain good levels of health and wellbeing, to enable them to contribute to their best for the benefit ultimately of our patients and service users, to have a positive experience of work and remain well and for longer in work.

Devon ICS includes 4 Acute NHS Trusts, 2 MH Providers, 1 Ambulance service, 1 CCG, 3 Local Authorities, 5 LCPs, 31 PCNs, and a range of other health and social care colleagues. In total Devon employs over 61,200 staff working in health and social care including; 24,825 social care workers, 12,065 nurses and midwives, 3,555 allied health professionals, 17,519 support staff, 546 paramedics, 1,201 GPs, 902 pharmacists and 3,817 doctors (as at Dec 2020).

As a response to the pandemic, we have ambitious plans to develop a robust set of practical measures designed to provide both an immediate response that will support staff to recover well, and longer term sustainable improvements to build positive HWB and increased resilience for an increasingly uncertain future. Evidence has shown that the faster the response to providing support to meet HWB needs, especially at times of urgent need or following a period of crisis, the greater the impact for the individual.

Devon ICS already has an established MH Wellbeing Hub offering psychological support to health and care employees and the Police service across Devon; including e.g. assessment, signposting, care planning, counselling and rapid access to IAPT services through TalkWorks, and a team offering for psychological support to aide recovery of teams adversely affected by the pandemic. Supporting both the NHS and social care attract and retain staff in Devon counteracting demographics of an increasingly diverse and ageing workforce and population.

Devon ICS is looking to award for two different lots: Lot 1: System Wellbeing Support Buddies and Champions and Lot 2: Suite of Potential Wellbeing Support Offers to Engage with Health Staff (clinicians, managers, local authorities, community workers, primary care, adult social care and support workers across Devon system).
Bidders are welcome to bid for one of the lots or both.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

More information

Additional text

Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/ProjectManage/1448

In order to submit a bid, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents.

On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.

The contract value of this procurement is under the threshold that is subject to the full regime of current EU procurement legislation and governed by the PublicContracts Regulations 2015. Therefore, the rules of this Regime do not apply.

About the buyer

Contact name

Garry Mitchell, Deputy Director of Procurement, South, Central and west Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
County Hall, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Email

scwcsu.clinical.procurement@nhs.net