Market Engagement - CYP participation and co-production Offer

Tender description

SEE FULL ADVERT https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034120-2023. Norfolk & Waveney is committed to ensuring Children, Young People and their families have a voice and inform the development and delivery of the support they receive for their physical and mental health. This offer ('the offer') aims to: 1. Build on and coordinate existing participation and engagement networks across all age groups 0-25 yrs 2. Focus on under 11s and CYP experiencing health inequalities which represent identified participation and engagement gaps existing across our system To integrate 'the offer' into existing local participation and coproduction networks and add value to existing offers To maintain and embed the Youth Governance Group - continue prioritising YGG members input in all aspects of the Integrated Care Board's CYPMH team's work To provide CYP participation and coproduction support to the whole range of physical and mental health services e.g. paediatrics, asthma, epilepsy To give particular focus to engaging CYP who experience health inequalities, these may include, but are not restricted to: SEND, CYP with long term conditions, BAME, EAL (English as an Additional Language) communities, LGBTQ+, Gypsy Roma communities, refugee and immigrant communities, CYP open to social care, and CYP with physical disabilities. The aim of this Expression of Interest is to; 1. provide the market with visibility of the proposed opportunity; 2. support the ICB decision making to inform the future commissioning of services (as applicable); 3. to help define the future service approach and model; 4. to gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity across the region to deliver the services noted above. 5. Invite interested Providers to attend a Market Engagement Event on Tuesday 28th November 2023. 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. The contract period will be for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for up to a further year, commencing 1st April 2024. The indicative contract value is £200,000 per annum, £600,000 over the full 3 years. The deadline for completing the Soft Market Testing responses is by 17:00 hours on 28th November 2023. Registration to attend the market engagement event closes 17:00 hours 27th November 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.