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

Tender description

4961/PS/LWM - Student Support and Online Therapy Sessions The University of Sheffield is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023. 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. For the avoidance of doubt, this procurement is not subject to the Procurement Act (as defined above). 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. The University intends to appoint a maximum of 4 suppliers to a framework agreement, to provide the following services: 1. To provide online psychological therapy for students, working strictly to a 6 session model. A typical session would be a maximum 1 hour. 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 The initial term for this contract will be 2 years, with the potential for 2 further years in yearly increments subject to supplier performance. Tender Process and Documentation: This is an open tender exercise. The ITT can be downloaded from the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender, they must be submitted via the In-Tend System. Your tender response must also be submitted through In-Tend to arrive by the date and time specified. Late tenders will not be considered.