Guidance and counselling services

Tender description

Tenders are invited for the provision of services to setup and deliver a Multi-Systemic Therapy Service (MST) programme for Derby City Council. MST is an intensive family focussed and community based treatment aimed at reducing aggressive, anti-social and offending behaviour in young people. The aim is to deliver a licensed MST programme to meet the needs of young people aged 11-17 who, due to their behaviour, are at risk of an out of home placement either in local authority care or in custody. The key aims of the MST service are to improve outcomes for the young people in relation to educational attendance, reduction in criminal behaviour and permanence in terms of living at home. The programme must have complete fidelity to the MST model and is to be provided to young people living with their parents or carers in the City of Derby and potentially also in the County of Derbyshire. It is expected that the successful service provider will work with a maximum of 50 families per year. A maximum of 5 of the 50 referrals may be called off by Derbyshire County Council, though this not guaranteed. Potential bidders will need to take this into account in their response and pricing schedule. Payment will be made for each completed intervention and only at points where certain milestones are achieved by the service provider. The service will maintain fidelity to the MST model, and support from MST UK will ensure the provider implements the set up and on-going service in accordance with the guidelines: http://www.mstuk.org/setting-mst-programme/implementation-process The Annual License Fee will be met by the Provider. The programme must be licensed prior to or within one month of the proposed contract start date. As part of this, the Provider must meet the programme requirements as detailed by MST UK http://www.mstuk.org The contract is expected to commence 1.7.2016. The initial contract period is two years. There is the option to extend for up to 24 months in annual increments, subject to performance and funding. This will be a subsidy contract where payments are made following successful completed interventions with a payment by results element to the unit cost. Please note, suppliers wishing to express interest and obtain the documentation, must do so by 14:00 on 25.4.2016. However, it is recommended that you express interest and obtain the documentation well before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a comprehensive response. The deadline for returns is 14:00 on 26.4.2016.