Published date: 21 December 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£846,815
Procurement reference
C87115
Published date
21 December 2022
Closing date
31 December 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 January 2023
Contract end date
31 December 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
Frimley Health and Care ICB (the Commissioner) sought to commission Community Connector roles within the MHICS Teams across East Berkshire. Adverts were placed on Contracts Finder and the Find a Tender Service and an Invitation to Tender (ITT) process, based on the Open procedure, was undertaken during summer / autumn 2022 to identify the Most Economically Advantageous Tender and therefore determine the incoming provider.
In 2019, the ICB was successfully awarded funding to be one of 12 national early implementer sites to deliver Community Mental Health (CMH) transformation. This has enabled the design and implementation of integrated primary and community mental health care for adults and older adults with Significant Mental Illness (SMI), built around Primary Care Networks (PCNs), so that more patients with SMI are effectively supported in primary care.
As part of the ICS-wide CMH transformation programme, there will be a total of 9 MHICS Teams, covering the 10 PCNs across East Berkshire. MHICS offers a service to patients in primary care with significant mental health difficulties who have not met the criteria for, or whose needs are not met by existing primary and secondary care mental health services. Flow into the MHICS service is mainly from primary care, but also for patients stepping down from secondary care and will continue to evolve as part of the One Team approach as the programme continues to transform the way people with mental health needs are supported in their communities.
The Community Connectors will form part of the core MHICS team (minimum 1 WTE Community Connector per team), and their role will include:
• Help identify psychoeducational, emotional, socio-economic needs that impact on mental wellbeing through direct 1:1 work with MHICS clients, and use this understanding to support engagement and access to appropriate local and community resources
• Actively link, develop and bridge out to the infrastructure of VCSE support services across East Berkshire to offer:
- Earlier intervention
- Longer appointment time
- Practical support and help
- Guided self-help resources
- Follow ups and ongoing support
- Onward bridging where needed
- Links with community resources
- Particular links into Wellbeing Services and Carer Support
• In line with a client's goals and needs, brief psychoeducation/psychosocial approaches may be employed, which, when within their competency, may be delivered by Community Connectors and/or jointly with the Mental Health Practitioners.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Opportunity
- Published 5 July 2022, last edited 5 July 2022
Additional text
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The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 24 months. The Contract is due to commence 1st January 2023.
The Contract has been awarded to Buckinghamshire Association for Mental Health (t/a Buckinghamshire MIND). The contract value for the initial 2 year contract term is £825,754.
There is potential for 2 additional Community Connector roles being required to cover a new Community Rehabilitation Enhanced Service Team (CREST) being established by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in 2022/2023. If the additional roles are required, the contract may be varied to include this additional provision at an estimated financial value of £92,700 per annum.
This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
The project reference number for this opportunity is C87115, (previously WA12808).
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
Award information
Awarded date
19 December 2022
Contract start date
1 January 2023
Contract end date
31 December 2026
Total value of contract
£825,754
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Buckinghamshire Association for Mental Health (trading as Buckin
Address
Ashton House,
14 Granville Street,
Aylesbury,
HP20 2JRReference
Charity Commission reference: 1103063
Value of contract
£825,754
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
Yes
Additional details
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The awarded value relates to the initial 2 year contract term.
About the buyer
Contact name
Hannah Morley
Address
Frimley Health and Care ICB
Aldershot Centre for Health, Hospital Hill
Aldershot
GU11 1AY
England
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