Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the Provision of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) in East of England

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Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the Provision of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) in East of England Duration of the contract: 2 years Value of the contract: Based on the current contract it is anticipated that the value of the contract will be as below#: Circa £743K per annum in total across three lots Description of the procurement opportunity: Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AG CSU), acting on behalf of the NHS England (Health and Justice, East Area Team) (The commissioners) invites expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare service providers including third sector organisations, social enterprise and other providers to provide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) related services to service users located at below prisons. • HMP The Mount • HMP Highpoint • HMP Chelmsford NHS England (Health and Justice, East Area Team) will be the contracting and commissioning authority for IAPT. The service provision will cater all adult prisoners and fulfil their regular psychological healthcare needs. The successful providers are expected to be fully operational, providing services from 01 January 2018 or later by agreement. For this service provision AG CSU would like to encourage innovative solutions including consortia, strategic alliances and sub-contracts which will deliver value for money and improved services to patients. The service providers will be required to deliver an outcome based high quality integrated healthcare service to include provision of below listed services and coordination amongst them: 1 Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) 2 Interpersonal therapy (IPT) The commissioners encourage innovation and use of technology within service delivery. They are seeking patient centred solutions for the provision of this service with the following aims: # Deliver a high quality care which is flexible and meets the varying patient needs at all of the above listed prisons. # Find a provider who is able to work effectively and in partnership with the prison service within a secure setting. # Establish contracts for services that have been market tested to represent best clinical quality. In order to achieve above aims and objectives the successful bidders should pay attention to following facets: # Quality # Integration and coordination amongst various services to be provided under IAPT # Sustainability # Continuous Improvement # Value # Patient experience It is expected that the procurement opportunity will be advertised around 14 August 17. For further information please see the documents attached with this notice.