Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) for Basildon and Brentwood CCG

Tender description

The Contracting Authority, NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking a suitably qualified provider to deliver an integrated Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service to commence 1st April 2019. Delivering the new integrated service is critical to building care holistically around the needs of our local population to improve their outcomes and to support them to achieve wellbeing. Through integration with other services (including primary care), the new model will ensure improved outcomes for patients and wider efficiencies for the NHS, for example, in reducing A&E attendances, short stay admissions and prescribing costs. As part of its commitment to improving Mental Health & wellbeing services for its local population and in line with the Mental Health Five Year Forward View, the Contracting Authority is undertaking this procurement exercise to secure a new model for an IAPT service that is fully integrated and as such has taken the decision not to break this service into Lots of Core & LTC in order to integrate the core provision of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) with the provision for patients with Long Term Conditions. The service delivery will be in line with the GP Forward View and our local out of hospital strategy that seeks to improve the interface between primary care and IAPT services. The increase in access to psychological therapies incorporating LTC as part of the integrated service will be targeted with an expectation that two-thirds of the additional people receiving services will have co-morbid physical and mental health conditions or persistent medically unexplained symptoms by 2020/21. It is expected that the service will be aligned to the CCGs five neighbourhoods, meaning more convenient and tailored treatment and relieving pressure on general practice as set out in the General Practice Forward View. Full details of the Contracting Authority requirements are set out the Specification available within the Procurement Pack. The Services fall within 'social and other specific services' within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) and the total contract value will exceed the threshold of £615,278. The services will be procured via a one stage procurement process, consisting of both a Supplier Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and an Invitation to Tender stage and conducted under the "light touch" regime under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and in line with the indicative timetable set out in the procurement documents. All procurement documents relating to this opportunity are available at link: https://attain.force.com/s/ A Supplier Guide for responding to online tenders using the Atamis eTendering portal has been made available as an attachment to this notice. Further guidance can be accessed via the link above. Please note that the submission deadline is 17:00 on 22nd August 2018.