Tender

Individual Placement and Support Service to NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

  • NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-029249

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fceb

Published 2 June 2025, 3:49pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

Chippenham

Email

donnaharrington@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

NHS Organisation Data Service

92G

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

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

Individual Placement and Support Service to NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

Reference number

C364042

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Individual Placement and Support in line with the specified requirements.

The service will provide intensive, individual support aiming to help people with a Severe Mental illness (SMI) to gain and retain paid competitive employment with the implementation of the evidenced based IPS employment approach.

The service will be for people aged 18+ with an SMI open to secondary mental health care and also Primary Care.

The geography covered is Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The contract will be for an initial 3 year term with 2 optional extensions of any period of 1 year per extension with service commencement on the 1st April 2026.

It is expected that TUPE will apply and information is available on request. Further details are provided within the tender documentation.

The contract value is £1,186,995 per annum giving a total value of £3,560,985 over the initial 3 year term, £4,747,980 if the first extension is adopted, and £5,934,975 if all extensions are adopted. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT.

There will be no additional investment. The procurement and awarded contract will operate with a view to review the sufficiency of the contract value against service demand, efficiency and effectiveness, and on an annual basis upon receipt of confirmed budgetary allocations, consider adjustments through formal business case submission route should be explored. Any initiation of exploration will be at the commissioner's discretion.

This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £5,934,975

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Individual Placement and Support in line with the specified requirements.

The service will provide intensive, individual support aiming to help people with a Severe Mental illness (SMI) to gain and retain paid competitive employment with the implementation of the evidenced based IPS employment approach.

The service will be for people aged 18+ with an SMI open to secondary mental health care and also Primary Care.

The geography covered is Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The contract will be for an initial 3 year term with 2 optional extensions of a period of 1 year per extension with service commencement on the 1st April 2026.

It is expected that TUPE will apply and information is available on request. Further details are provided within the tender documentation.

The contract value is £1,186,995 per annum giving a total value of £3,560,985 over the initial 3 year term, £4,747,980 if the first extension is adopted and £5,934,975 if all extensions are adopted. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT.

There will be no additional investment. The procurement and awarded contract will operate with a view to review the sufficiency of the contract value against service demand, efficiency and effectiveness, and on an annual basis upon receipt of confirmed budgetary allocations, consider adjustments through formal business case submission route should be explored. Any initiation of exploration will be at the commissioner's discretion.

This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

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

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

2 optional extensions of any period of 1 year per extension.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

See procurement documentation for full details.

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria

See procurement documentation for full details.

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria

See procurement documentation for full details.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2025/S 000-012900

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

4 July 2025

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

4 July 2025

Local time

12:30pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.

If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

Chippenham

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://bsw.icb.nhs.uk