Published date: 29 March 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 August 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Placement services of personnel - 79610000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £8,954,953.48

Procurement reference

itt_763 / Contract Award Notice

Published date

29 March 2018

Closing date

8 August 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Mental Health Recovery and Employment services will be combined and provided under one contract as part of
an integrated service, which will enable services to work in a co-ordinated fashion.
Whilst a number of definitions of Recovery are available the definition provided by the Centre for Mental
Health is used for the purpose of this specification. A revised or alternative local definition may be adopted
going forward:
Agency - gaining a sense of control over one's life and one's illness. Finding personal meaning - an identity
which incorporates illness, but retains a positive sense of self.
Opportunity - building a life beyond illness. Using non-mental health agencies, informal supports and natural
social networks to achieve integration and social inclusion.
Hope - believing that one can still pursue one's own hopes and dreams, even with the continuing presence of
illness. Not settling for less, i.e. the reduced expectations of others
Whilst the principles of recovery should inform all parts of the mental health system the Recovery and
Employment Service will offer a range of practical support to assist individuals with serious mental illness (SMI)
on their journey of recovery. This specification details two core service elements (Recovery Centres and
Individual Placement Support). Whilst these elements are set out separately it is anticipated that they will be
provided in an integrated and aligned manner.
(A) The Recovery Centre offer will be aligned to the four newly created integrated community mental health
services in Birmingham for adults over 25 Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
(BSMHFT) and the Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) community hubs. The service will offer a 1:1 recovery
support planning to include a Personal Health Budget (PHB) function and recovery focused activities based on
a Recovery College model and supports the development of peer-led support networks and groups. The
service will use Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) assessment framework to monitor individual's recovery. The
brokerage function involves the 1:1 personal support aspect of the service supporting people to plan how
their budget could be effectively spent to meet their desired outcomes.
(B) A full fidelity Individual Placement Support Service for individuals aged over 18 to be integrated into
community mental health services within Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
(BSMHFT) and Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) hubs, partly based on an outcomes based contracting
model which will be used to link funding to the achievement of outcomes.

The duration of the contract is 3 years with a 2 year extension option (maximum 5 years). The contract value over a 3 year period is expected to be circa £5,248,363.01, but may increase to £5,372,972.09 subject to achievement of CQUIN targets. Should extension option be activated and CQUIN targets achieved then over 5 years maximum contract value could be circa £8,954,953.48.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Mental Health Recovery and Employment Service (Birmingham)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 July 2017

Attachments

Additional text

This service is being commissioned by NHS Birmingham Cross City CCG, NHS Birmingham South Central CCG and NHS Sandwell & West Birmingham CCG.

NHS AGCSU managed this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the 'Regulations'). The Services procured were Schedule 3 Services and NHS Arden & GEM CSU and the Commissioner it represents are bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to the procurement of these services commonly referred to as the Light Touch Regime (LTR).
Whilst the procurement process is being referred to as an Open Process, Schedule 3 of the Regulations provides the Commissioner with the flexibility to define its own process as long as it complies with the provisions of Regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Regulations.

The commissioner may require that the provider and/or members of its supply chain provide guarantees, bonds or other instruments of appropriate security for the due and proper performance of its or their obligations, in such forms as may be required by the commissioner or otherwise prescribed for any such purpose.

The CCG reserves the right not to award the contract in whole or in part and/or to withdraw the procurement at any stage and that it shall not have any liability for any bid costs.

Award information

Awarded date

23 March 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£8,954,953.48

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Birmingham Industrial Therapy Association Limited t/a BETTER Pat

Address

201-206 Alcester Street
Digbeth
Birmingham
B12 0NQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

NHS Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group

Address

Bartholomew House, 142 Hagley Road
Birmingham
B16 9PA
England

Email

richard.ward11@nhs.net

Website

https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk