Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Coventry City Council
Council House,Earl Street
COVENTRY
CV15RR
procurement.services@coventry.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2476833757
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG33 - Coventry
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
CAMHS Tier 2 Re-commissioning: Enhanced community offer
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Coventry City Council are recommissioning its CAMHS Tier 2 targeted services for children and young people. Tier 2 services provide an early intervention/prevention emotional wellbeing and mental health support offer to CYP, within the community.
The new, proposed model aims to deliver a flexible and enhanced offer for early intervention and prevention, at a time when mental health needs are on the rise and our local population is growing rapidly.
The new model has been developed out of engagement, in depth needs analysis and up to date policy review, also taking into consideration both the short- and long-term impact that Covid has and will have on the mental health of children and young people.
The new model aims to deliver a holistic and varied service which moves away from the traditional and rigid. This allows for a wider reach in terms of capacity and the 'early' in early intervention to become a reality. It is anticipated this service will support around 4,000 children and young people and families per year in Coventry.
Engagement and policy review outlined that children and young people, and their carers feel most unsafe and unsupported when sat on long waiting lists, with no contact or information in the interim. This service aims to bridge that gap. By providing early intervention, effective signposting, referral, and where possible social prescribing, this is a service which will hold children and their families safely whilst they wait for further intervention and support. A service which aims to prevent escalation of need by intervening early, providing low level support and therapeutic intervention which can be accessed not only by the children and young people but by the family as a whole. Empowering parents and carers is a key part of this service model, as is informing, supporting, and training schools and GPs to improve social awareness of mental health to help reduce stigma.
By co-locating this service in Family Hubs and embedding it within the heart of Coventry's communities, it aims to filter out to those harder to reach groups, who find the more clinical setting overwhelming and off-putting.
Virtual support forms a key part of this offer, further expanding out to children and young people who would otherwise choose not to engage with mental health services.
The service aims to support more children and prevent them from escalating needs and/or reaching crisis.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-006999
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
VI.3
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Following the PIN which was published on 15 March 2022 please be advised there has been a slight revision of the procurement dates, which are detailed in the table below. The dates are now:
Activity By when
Tender Live End of May / Early June 2022
Tender Close July 2022
Evaluation July 2022
Contract award August 2022
Mobilisation August to November 2022
Contract start date 01 December 2022