Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Aldershot Centre for Health, Hospital Hill
Aldershot
GU11 1AY
Contact
Hannah Morley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.frimley.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Community Connector Roles within the Mental Health Integrated Community Service (MHICS) Teams in East Berkshire
Reference number
WA12418
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Frimley Health and Care ICB (the Commissioner) seeks to commission Community Connector roles within the MHICS Teams across East Berkshire.
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).
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-018390
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1.1
Place of text to be modified
Reference number
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WA12418
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WA12808