Published date: 4 September 2023

Last edited date: 15 September 2023

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Opportunity (published 4 September 2023, last edited 19 September 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

SE1 2TZ

Value of contract

£70,000 to £140,000

Procurement reference

CF-1833300D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

4 September 2023

Closing date

19 September 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

16 October 2023

Contract end date

15 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The service will be a pilot that will run for one year and the successful provider of this pilot will be a key partner in contributing towards delivering mental health support interventions in the borough.
The service will be responsible for:
• Recruiting the pool of therapists to meet the demand.
• Managing and allocating the referrals from our local system.
• Ensuring processes are in place to validate invoices before payment is given.
• Clinical supervision.
• Ensuring processes are in place to collect KPIs, both qualitative and quantitative, required to evaluate the service by an external provider.

The service will facilitate access to black therapists who will provide:
• short-term support for a period of up to 12 sessions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) model is often used in mental health services. However, there are other evidence-based models that may be better suited, such as positive psychology and trauma informed care that could be utilised, ensuring a personalised intervention for the individual.
• It may be apparent that Intercultural Therapy group interventions would be beneficial for individuals to address racial trauma through African centred group therapies. If this is the case, therapists recruited will need to be qualified and experienced to deliver these interventions.

It is expected that each therapist will see a person for up to 12 one-hour sessions. The service will pay the therapist with a standardised hourly rate of £83.30 per hour. This will include the administration and working with the provider on providing the agreed reporting.

The Contract will commence on 16/10/2023 for an initial period of 1 year. The Contract may be extended for an additional period of 1 year, at the sole discretion of the Authority. Value of contract: £70,000 per annum. The indicative value range for the total contract value is between £70,000 for 1 year and £140,000 for 2 year. VAT inclusive, as applicable.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

PRJ-1314 Access to Black Therapist Hub

  • Opportunity
  • Published 4 September 2023

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Joyel Shaju

Address

Unex Tower, 5 Station St
London
E15 1LA
England

Email

joyel.maledath-shaju@nhs.net