4961/PS/LWM - Student Support and Online Therapy Sessions

Tender description

4961/PS/LWM - Student Support and Online Therapy Sessions<br /><br />The University of Sheffield is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023.<br />The University reserves the right from time to time to voluntarily operate under the Procurement Act (as defined above) on a case by case basis. Otherwise, advertisement of any contract on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.<br />For the avoidance of doubt, this procurement is not subject to the Procurement Act (as defined above).<br /><br />The University of Sheffield Mental Health, Counselling, Therapies and Wellbeing service offers students at the University a single point of contact to access a range of mental health and psychological wellbeing services both within the University of Sheffield and within the wider community.<br />The University intends to appoint a maximum of 4 suppliers to a framework agreement, to provide the following services:<br />1. To provide online psychological therapy for students, working strictly to a 6 session model. A typical session would be a maximum 1 hour.<br />2. To ensure risk is managed by escalating and de-escalating appropriately, and routinely providing discharge summaries with outcome measures to the University Mental Health, Counselling, Therapies and Wellbeing service<br /><br />The initial term for this contract will be 2 years, with the potential for 2 further years in yearly increments subject to supplier performance.<br /><br />Tender Process and Documentation:<br />This is an open tender exercise. The ITT can be downloaded from the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield<br />If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender, they must be submitted via the In-Tend System.<br />Your tender response must also be submitted through In-Tend to arrive by the date and time specified. Late tenders will not be considered.<br />