Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Overnight Crisis Beds Service Procurement

Tender description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust ( SABP ) are seeking to expand crisis care and support for people out of hours. For some people there is an identified need to provide support in the region, in a safe place away from their home overnight (or for a few days) to enable them to recover from a crisis and avoid an inpatient admission. Indicative aims and objectives of this service are as follows : Aims: • Enabling recovery from a mental health crisis Objectives: • A suitable, non-medical alternative to hospital admission for identified people experiencing a mental health crisis • Short stay crisis/respite provision for individuals who need a bed away from their home environment. • Emotional and practical support to enable people to manage and resolve their own periods of crisis including utilising support structures and facilities available in the community. The contract duration will initially be 9 months, with options for extensions of up to 2 years. This Opportunity Notice gives sufficient information for potential providers to decide whether to seek full procurement documentation. NHS Commercial Solutions are working with SABP in the procurement of these services. NHS Commercial Solutions is utilising the Bravo electronic tendering tool to manage this Procurement and to communicate with Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Bidders and all communications with NHS Commercial Solutions, including the submission of Bids will be conducted via the Bravo secure messaging service within the portal hosted by BravoSolution, the managed service provider for the NHS Commercial Solutions eTendering system. This is the link to the Bravo website : https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day. Should Bidders have any queries on registration, or if Bidders are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the BravoSolution dedicated Supplier Help desk line Support with registration is available from the Bravo Help desk : Phone: 0800 368 4850 (Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk The project number for this procurement is : 2411 The Invitation to Tender number within that Project is : 2449