Health and social work services

Tender description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit were conducting this procurement on behalf of NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group. The procurement requires primary care primary care mental health services including IAPT steps 1, 2, 3 and 4. The contract duration shall be 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The estimated total value of the project is 9 833 000 GBP for the 5-year period with clawback the following items: A funding for staff described by the bidder in the bid document who ends up as a vacancy — bidders will have up to 75 % of the cost of the staff described withdrawn at the commissioner’s discretion B funding for waiting list elimination described by the bidder in the bid document at the start of the contract term (i.e. the inherited waiting list) if the inherited waiting list is not cleared fully by 31.3.2020. NHS Midlands and Lancashire commissioning support unit have conducted this procurement on behalf of NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group. Mental health issues incorporate a potential myriad of social, interpersonal and psychological distress. On occasions, further interventions and support may be required, be it employment or debt advice or support following bereavement. During 2018-19, the CCG and local authority have integrated to become St Helens Cares. This integrated approach has been supported by the kings fund and nationally recognised as good practice. GP forward view describes the development of GP localities into GP Hubs – which may commission and provide local based services for their population. They may do this a standalone practice from shared premises or GPs coming together/merging as larger practices. The service that was being procured needed to be: — population-based, pro-active, preventative and vigilant in nature, — offering support, secures enduring recovery, resilience and well-being for service users and carers, — with GPs, as accountable clinicians, at its heart, — bring together a robust, vibrant menu of services to wrap round the individual and improve their mental, physical and social resilience. The CCG was looking for the service to integrate 2 broad areas: — clinical – primary care mental health services including case management, psychiatry and psychological therapies for those whose needs do not require secondary care, — well-being – services that support increased functioning and social integration so key to long-term recovery, including self-care, peer support, navigators and a specialist integrated mental health employment service and social prescribing. The primary care mental health service will need a single point of access to co-ordinate the referrals. The CCG was looking for services to be delivered by the NHS, local authority and voluntary sector working together, providing an integrated offer to support GPs, their patients and carers. St Helens CCG will also act as a coordinating function, aligned with a wider network of other community-based services and providing seamless access to those services. St Helens CCG is governed by Cheshire and Merseyside Health Partnership. There is a strong relationship between prevalence of recorded common mental health problems and deprivation of usual residence of patients. This service will need to deliver the nationally mandated targets set for IAPT.