Published date: 8 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: 1 November 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

LD&A

Published date

8 October 2021

Closing date

1 November 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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

Suffolk Transforming Care Partnership alongside their co-production partners have undertaken a review of specialist LD and Autism health services. The review builds upon the work already undertaken in implementing the national plan - Building The Right Support and takes into consideration the subsequent Long Term Plan commitments for LD and Autism. The review has led to a transformation programme which encompasses 3 pathways these are community care and support, intensive care and support, and specialist inpatient facility. We believe every sector has a role to play in supporting people with LD and Autism and health service staff when additional support is required to access health services, understanding health needs, personalized approaches, education, awareness, training and reasonable adjustments. This review is linked to the establishment of the ten year (2019-2029) East and West Suffolk Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy with the aim to transform mental health, emotional wellbeing and Specialist LD and Autism health support in Suffolk. The strategy describes the approach for improving mental health, emotional wellbeing and Specialist LD and Autism health outcomes in east and west Suffolk. Our Strategy can be found through the following link.
http://www.westsuffolkccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/averydifferentconversation/
In order to support this strategy, the CCGs, Suffolk County Council (SCC) and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) are looking to hear from organisations who would be interested in supporting and potentially delivering services within Ipswich and East Suffolk and/or West Suffolk. The intention is to build a framework of providers detailing their offers to the Ipswich and East Suffolk and/or West Suffolk system in line with the four service groups relating to Specialist LD and Autism, mental health (MH) and emotional wellbeing:
-Specialist LD & Autism
-Children, Young People & Families
-Community
-Crisis
The framework will include all appropriate offers received from any sector who feel they can support specialist LD and Autism, Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy as it develops.
The CCGs intend to award contracts without further publication and therefore providers are required to express their interest.
This advert is linked to a previous publication: Publication reference: 2021/S 000-018718 Publication date: 4 August 2021 - Mental Health Support. If you have already expressed an interest via the previous advert there is no requirement to do so again.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please express an interest on https://intendhost.co.uk/westsuffolkcommissioning/aspx/Home.
Register or login to In-tend and then select the tenders (current) tab, select the MH and LD&A Framework and click on express interest. This will register you against this opportunity so you receive any documentation and are able to access invites for the workshops which are scheduled for w/c 18th October.

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Additional text

Please note that the services and associated specification and prices commissioned within
this contract may be subject to review and change, moving forward the Commissioners may
further review the above mentioned services in conjunction with the selected providers;
therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the
outcomes of any continuous improvement, through a variation to the contract in accordance
with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the
procurement documentation for further information.
Page 9 to 10
Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied or
the localities covered, where, following assessment it is identified that it is logical for
additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and / or by the
provider(s), both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs. These
services may include but are not limited to other services and specialties formally delivered
in alternative care settings where it is foreseen that these services can be delivered more
effectively as part of this contract
The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). As such, the procurement of the services is being run
as a process akin to the procedure mentioned above, as outlined within the suite of
procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by
any of the regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Garnett

Address

Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
England

Telephone

01473 770195

Email

jane.garnett@suffolk.nhs.uk