Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Mr Matt Wellard
Telephone
+44 3000413221
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
SC240063 Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS)
Reference number
DN757164
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a notice to the market for an in person market engagement event on a planned future Service procurement under the Healthcare Service Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The service is a Parent-Infant Mental Health Service. This service for Kent will engage with families embedding support and helping form healthy relationships with their infant.
Clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, specialist infant mental health practitioners, psychotherapists, website and app designers will bring a range of skills to help deliver this new and groundbreaking service for Kent.
You will be flexible in your approach to meet the differing needs of our population including children in deep poverty as well as neurodivergent parents. The use of screening tools such as GAD 7, PHQ9 and MORS to measure (along with clinical triage and intervention) to identify need and the appropriate response, pathway and level of intervention required.
The service will work as a team supporting families with identified needs who may have been referred by the health visiting service, accredited VIG practitioners and trained baby massage practitioners.
The themes of this workshop will focus on:
• designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria;
• preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents;
• identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required;
• building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded.
We welcome you to join us Tuesday 21st January 2025 10:30am-12:00pm for an in person event to come together with other agencies for an opportunity to collaborate together on how they together could deliver this service.
Location: Sessions House Restaurant, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
Please contact Sophia Dunstan to register your place.
Email: Sophia.dunstan@kent.gov.uk
Tel : 03000 414214
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-041376
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
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seven.2) Other additional information
amendment to the original CPV code to provide greater clarity