Published date: 22 October 2021

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: 5 November 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

LS2 7PD

Value of contract

£49,000

Procurement reference

CF-0429100D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

22 October 2021

Closing date

5 November 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

22 November 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

The Authority is looking for The Long term plan for Mental Health has a number of key ambitions for Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) including Increasing access to Psychological Therapies; extending service provision to women from 1 to 2 years; and increasing numbers of women accessing PMH services. Training clinicians to deliver supervision to professionals who are trained and providing Video Interactive Guidance( VIG) an psychological intervention will contribute to services achieving all three ambitions. Currently there are a number of professionals who are trained to carry out the intervention but do not have adequate or recommended supervision which is essential in carrying out a safe and supportive intervention with women and their babies. The objective is to build up the number of accredited VIG practitioners within the current workforce and for women to be able access VIG London wide from appropriately Supervised practitioners.
The provision of VIG to women is fully supported by NICE guidance and is a recommended training in the Health Education England (HEE) Perinatal Training Directory. The provision of a supervision structure is also in line with formal Competency Framework for Perinatal Mental Health developed by HEE.

The timeframe for delivery is from Nov 21 or on agreement of contract for 18 months.

Please find the link to this opportunity below - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

About the buyer

Contact name

Sajjad Khan

Address

Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
GB

Email

england.commercialqueries@nhs.net