Youth Therapeutic offer 14-24 (inclusive) NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB Market Engagement

Tender description

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in the provision of a Youth Therapeutic offer 14-24 inclusive).<br/><br/>The aim of the service is to provide a Therapeutic Pathway for 14-24 (inclusive) year olds to offer mild-moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health support for young people. Evidence based support may include emotional wellbeing and mental health advice, Youth Work and Counselling. Essential to deliver 'drop-in' based support via several locally based hubs.<br/><br/>The purpose of this advert is to invite the market to engage, provide feedback on the draft specification and register for an online market engagement event, which is scheduled on 7th June 2023, 9-11am for the provision of a Youth Therapeutic service by testing key themes from the new service model and provide the ICB with valuable information to ensure that the Service Specification is fit for purpose.<br/><br/>The deadline for Soft Market Testing responses is by 17:00 hours on 7th June 2023. Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements. Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations.<br/><br/>It is anticipated that the contract period will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further two years, commencing 1st April 2024. The indicative contract value is £1,450,000 per annum. This is subject to review following the early engagement. The indicative timescales for the tender release date is scheduled for June 2023 but may be subject to change depending on the engagement feedback. Lot 1: Therapeutic Pathway for 14-24 (inclusive) year olds to offer mild-moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health support for young people. Evidence based support may include emotional wellbeing and mental health advice, Youth Work and Counselling. Essential to deliver 'drop-in' based support via several locally based hubs.<br/><br/>This service will meet the following objectives:<br/><br/>• CYP will have access to a youth therapeutic service providing early intervention for emerging mild to moderate social, emotional and mental health needs.<br/><br/>• The Youth therapeutic pathway will engage CYP in their local communities wherever possible with both online and face to face options made available to them.<br/><br/>• The Youth therapeutic pathway will provide specific and targeted support for CYP who are engaging in self-injury and self-harm behaviours.<br/><br/>• This support will lead to a reduction in emotional wellbeing and mental health problems extending into adulthood, leading to a reduction in the associated financial and social costs of mental health care across the lifespan.<br/><br/>The provider of this project will commit to working collaboratively with children and young people's mental health (CYPMH) and wider health, education and care system partners and adopt a Thrive approach for CYP accessing mental health (MH) services<br/><br/>The aim of this Expression of Interest is to;<br/>1. provide the market with visibility of the proposed opportunity;<br/>2. support the ICB decision making to inform the future commissioning of services (as applicable);<br/>3. to help define the future service approach and model;<br/>4. to gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity across the region to deliver the services noted above.<br/>5. Invite interested Providers to attend a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 7th June 2023.<br/><br/>A further tender advertisement will be issued at the appropriate time. You will not be disadvantaged in any subsequent tender process if you choose not to attend this market engagement event as the market engagement information will form part of any future tendering documentation, but the Commissioners wish to understand your views on the proposed model, activity and financial envelope.<br/><br/>The deadline for completing the Soft Market Testing responses is by 17:00 hours on 7th June 2023. Registration to attend the market engagement event closes 17:00 hours 5th June 2023. Please see and complete the attached documents. Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements. Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations.