Published date: 26 March 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: 9 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£402,000

Procurement reference

tender_203006/755155

Published date

26 March 2019

Closing date

9 April 2019

Contract start date

5 August 2019

Contract end date

4 August 2021

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

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG.

This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services. The purpose of this procurement is to secure a Service Provider to deliver Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services to the Telford and Wrekin Council geographical area.

- Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (http://www.telfordccg.nhs.uk)

NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG have been awarded funding by NHS England to be used for partnering with local employment services to deliver a new Individual Placement Service (IPS).The service would aim to receive 60 referrals in year one and 100 additional referrals in year two.

An appropriately staffed IPS employment service in the Telford and Wrekin geographical area for secondary mental health services, will ensure:

- The development of a consistent, fidelity reviewed IPS Employment service in both Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire (the full STP area);
- More than doubling the number of people being supported into employment;
- Improved partnership working, connectivity to STP transformation planning, data & performance monitoring, and improved links across the system;
- Increased integration with the Mental Health Trust to ensure that the service can achieve a fidelity rating of 'good'.

The contract will be initially for a 2-year period with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

The successful Provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.

The service model being procured is a standard know model currently being delivered by Providers across the United Kingdom. The service is required to be procured at short notice with full implementation no later than August 2019, which will include the recruitment of staff, therefore a short tender period is being utilised.

More information

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Additional text

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for
another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the
services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from
the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details
will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender
process.

This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
i) Candidates should register on the portal at
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.
ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated.
For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on
+44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime
services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the
Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the
Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are
not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities
are following is set out in the MOI.

As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service(Procurement, Patient Choice
and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hayley Smith

Address

NHS Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group, Halesfield 6, Halesfield
Telford
TF7 4BF
England

Email

h.smith27@nhs.net