The supply of Adult Mental Health Inpatient Service to Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Tender description

This market engagement stage is being undertaken to seek market views which will help inform the procurement process that will shortly be launched to secure an additional 16 adult acute psychiatric inpatient beds in Exeter. Any Provider wishing to participate should complete and return the questionnaire. There is a national target as part of the Five Year Forward View (FYFV) to eliminate inappropriate Out of Area placements by 2020/21. The procurement of additional inpatient capacity in Exeter is a fundamental part of the plan to achieve the FYFV target. The aim is to provide high quality holistic care in a safe and therapeutic setting for service users in the most acute and vulnerable state of their illness and who cannot be managed at home with the involvement of the Home Treatment Team. This will be provided in collaboration with service user, carers, statutory and non-statutory organisations in order to ensure that admissions and inpatient episodes are timely and appropriate. This market engagement stage and procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The contract will be for a term of 1 year (the target commencement date is 1.9.2020). At the end of the 1 year term Devon Partnership NHS trust have the option to extend the initial period up to a maximum of a further 12 months. The cost envelope is expected to be between £2.6m and £3.2m per annum. Any values and timescales stated within this PIN notice are for guideline purposes only and should not be taken as a guarantee. Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home In order to submit a response to the market engagement questionnaire, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents. On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.