II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKG1

Main site or place of performance:

Worcestershire and Herefordshire

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The contract will form part of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Community Mental Health Transformation Model, interventions will be integrated with the Trust’s Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams and the 15 Primary Care Networks across the 2 counties. The model requires strong collaboration to respond to local mental health needs and mental health inequalities including:<br/><br/>• Delivery of therapeutic interventions that support and maintain people's mental health in the community (aged 18 years onwards) and address health inequalities in access, experience and outcomes<br/>• Supporting mental health recovery and rehabilitation<br/>• Linking with broader system and locality-based provision to develop and strengthen community assets for people with mental health conditions <br/>• Supporting the reduction of digital exclusion to enable more mental health clients to access support via digital options where appropriate<br/>• Supporting and contributing to multi-disciplinary team approach and person-centred care planning where appropriate<br/>• In addition to the above, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Mental Health Collaborative will in the course of this engagement consider additional services to be included in this approach.<br/><br/>An initial Market Engagement Event is being held virtually over MS Teams on 5th June 2023 9.30-12pm. To attend this event please formally express interest through the Atamis etender portal as detailed below. Please note that further market engagement activity will be conducted with those providers that have expressed interest in this Notice, so providers should ensure they express interest even if they are unable or uninterested in attending the engagement event on the 5th June 2023.<br/><br/>This PIN as a call for competition is initially published as a notice for expressions of interest and particularly about the market engagement activity being undertaken throughout June 2023. The Commissioners may then choose to proceed directly to a commissioning process with parties who have responded to the notice and there will be no further notice published. EOIs received will be used to help the Commissioners finalise their commissioning and contracting approach for these services.<br/><br/>Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the ‘Find Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/><br/>If you are not already registered on the system you will need to do so before you can fully access the opportunity. <br/><br/>Should the Commissioners proceed to a procurement process it is anticipated to consist of two stages: (1) Stage 1 shortlisting stage to test the capability and capacity of potential provider collaboratives and to identify whether there is more than one capable provider alliance; (2) Stage 2 will either be: (a) a competitive process (if more than one capable provider alliance is identified at Stage 1), which may involve dialogue and will involve assessment of bids against published evaluation criteria and weightings; or (b) an alliance "Assurance Process" with a single provider, if only one capable provider alliance is identified at Stage 1. Both approaches will involve evidence being considered by subject matter experts and assessed against critical success factors and expected minimum standards.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Criteria below:

Quality criterion: As stated in tender documents / Weighting: 100

Cost criterion: As stated in tender documents / Weighting: 100

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 2 000 000.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

Three year contract with the option to extend for two further twelve month periods

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

The services are health and social care 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 are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime". For the avoidance of doubt, the Commissioners will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

2 Kings Court, Charles Hasting Way,

Worcester

WR5 1JR

UK

Internet address(es)

URL: https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/