Market Engagement: Mental Health Safe Haven/Crisis Café in East Berkshire

Tender description

Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group is exploring options on how to commission a crisis café/safe haven service for its east Berkshire locality. The main aim of this service will be to offer a safe space in a community setting for those in mental health crisis to alleviate emotional and psychological distress. This will provide a more suitable alternative than the emergency department and reduce the use of emergency services resources supporting people in crisis. The full service scope is in the process of being defined and the Commissioner will be holding Market Engagement Event (MEE) with the aim of: • Engaging with providers • Understanding the interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified providers • Informing the commissioning process • Gathering information from stakeholders that may be used to shape a procurement process and documentation. To register for the MEE that will be held virtually on 15/07/21 please complete the form attached to this Notice and return to scwcsu.whprocurement@nhs.net by 5pm on 09/07/21. On receipt of the request to attend form an invitation will be issued to the interested party with a copy of the draft specification. In addition to the MEE, interested parties may request a 20 minute virtual audience with commissioners to discuss the proposed specification. These spaced are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. In the event you are unable to attend but would like to receive a copy of the presentation materials please email scwcsu.whprocurement@nhs.net and following the completion of a questionnaire, copies will be sent to you. An expression of interest to attend this MEE is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future tender process nor does it infer any special status on those Providers who do attend. An expression of interest in this event will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted subsequent to the event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published. Providers who do not attend this MEE will still be able to apply for the Procurement in the future. Please note that this MEE does not represent a formal stage in the procurement process and attendance will play no part in any subsequent evaluation process. This activity is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. Additional information: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. Commissioners are looking to establish what interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified, capable and competent organisations. Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.