Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB)
NHS Sussex
Wicker House, Worthing
BN11 1DJ
Contact
Sarah Rix
sarah.rix@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
NHS Organisation Data Service
QNX
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
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Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
West Sussex - Mental Health Supported Accommodation Service NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT
Reference number
NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Invitation to Tender (ITT)
NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT
West Sussex - Mental Health
Provision of a Supported Accommodation Service (Reference: NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT)
The Commissioner is seeking bids from suitably qualified Providers for provision of a Mental Health Supported Accommodation Service in West Sussex. The contract will commence on 1st April 2023 for 3 years, with an optional extension period (option of the commissioner) of up to a further 24 months. The anticipated value of this service is a maximum of £850,000.00 per annum, approximately £4,250,000.00 for the full potential 5 year term.
The aim of the Mental Health Supported Housing Service is to provide an accommodation-based service in the community that provides short term stays for people as an alternative to hospital care. Service Users may be at risk of admission or be being discharged from hospital. The Service will provide a supportive environment to prevent an escalation of mental health Crisis including self-harm, suicidal ideation or distress, and subsequent hospital admissions or readmission, through the provision of 24-hour mental health support and short-term accommodation.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £4,250,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance
West Sussex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invitation to Tender (ITT)
NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT
West Sussex - Mental Health
Provision of a Supported Accommodation Service (Reference: NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT)
The Commissioner is seeking bids from suitably qualified Providers for provision of a Mental Health Supported Accommodation Service in West Sussex. The contract will commence on 1st April 2023 for 3 years, with an optional extension period (option of the commissioner) of up to a further 24 months. The anticipated value of this service is a maximum of £850,000.00 per annum, approximately £4,250,000.00 for the full potential 5 year term.
The aim of the Mental Health Supported Housing Service is to provide an accommodation-based service in the community that provides short term stays for people as an alternative to hospital care. Service Users may be at risk of admission or be being discharged from hospital. The Service will provide a supportive environment to prevent an escalation of mental health Crisis including self-harm, suicidal ideation or distress, and subsequent hospital admissions or readmission, through the provision of 24-hour mental health support and short-term accommodation. The overarching aims of the Service are to:
• Provide early and intensive support to prevent further deterioration for those experiencing a mental health crisis
• Support people to regain stability in a safe and comfortable environment
• Create a co-produced, personalised plan for each person using the service involving relevant community services and resources that mitigates the immediate circumstances that led to a mental health crisis and/or hospital admission
• Increase the capacity and diversity of services in the local crisis and hospital discharge pathways
• Increase the range of community-based crisis alternatives to traditional crisis teams, A&E, and in-patient care, within the Integrated crisis pathway
• Reduce local inequality in access to crisis and community mental health care
• Form part of a pathway that most efficiently meets people's needs in the community, with people only utilising hospital care when absolutely necessary and for as little time as is possible
• Facilitate a Discharge to Assess approach for Service Users who are medically fit to leave hospital with ongoing social care and/or housing assessment being completed in the Service as opposed to the hospital
• Enable health, social care, and housing assessments to take place within an appropriate community environment as opposed to inpatient care
• Ensure that Service Users only use psychiatric hospitals when there is an established clinical treatment need that can only be met within an inpatient environment
The Service Provider will provide a short term, non-medical and caring space for people to prevent (re)escalation of mental health crises including self-harm, suicidal ideation or distress and potential reliance on urgent care including hospital admission.
The Service will prevent admissions to, and facilitate discharges from, mental health hospitals.
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Reference: West Sussex Mental Health Supported Accommodation Service NHS/SOEPS/21.818 ITT
The deadline for submission of bid responses is Tuesday 1st November 2022 at 5pm.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
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Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
1 November 2022
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Refer to NHS South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement.