Published date: 15 January 2019

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: 18 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£220,000

Procurement reference

MEDWAY001-DN385694-46403841

Published date

15 January 2019

Closing date

18 February 2019

Contract start date

1 June 2019

Contract end date

31 May 2024

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

Medway Council and NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group are seeking to procure a high quality, effective and outcome focused Mental Health Peer Support Service and invites tenders from suitably qualified providers for the provision of the service as detailed in the Specification of Requirement, in accordance with the tender instructions and the Council's Terms and Conditions of Contract.
The service aims to support people with lived experience of mental illness through interventions such as: peer facilitated psychoeducation, recovery coaching, activity groups, and wellbeing groups. The service will also support service users' carers, to co-produce a person centred and outcome focused support programme. The key aims and objectives of the service;
• To create a mutually respectful community of peers supporting each other
• Through partnership working and collaborating with other peer groups, increase the choice of peer support groups available in different locations
• Build peer support on shared personal experience and empathy, focusing on strengths not weaknesses, with the goal of achieving wellbeing and recovery
• Help people identify personal goals and ambitions
• Create a fun, positive and safe environment for learning and exploring recovery
• Give people the confidence and support to access opportunities and resources available to them
The successful provider will be expected to work closely with Medway Wellbeing Navigation Service, the Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) 'Better Together' Consortium, GP services, Clinical and Social Care services to ensure that parity of esteem is achieved between physical health and mental health.

More information

Additional text

Tender documents are accessible via the Kent Business Portal (https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/). Interested bidders not previously registered on the Kent Business Portal would need to register and create an account for their organisation. Registration is free. All communication relating to this tender opportunity should be channelled through the 'Message' function on the Kent Business Portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sandra Asiedu

Address

Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
England

Telephone

+44 1634337082

Email

sandra.asiedu@medway.gov.uk