Contract Timeline

Publication Date

25th October 2024 13:28:06 PM

Contract Summary

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are designed to support mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in and around schools and colleges. The teams were described in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper and they are a key element of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. This guidance document sets out the process for selecting where within an ICS footprint MHSTs will be placed in 2024/25 and provides you with all you need to know as you work with your partners to establish and deliver your new MHSTs.

MHSTs will support children and young people (regardless of home address or GP) who attend any of the schools identified and approved as an MHST-supported school. If a young person is identified outside of the school groups and has a Birmingham address and / or GP, the Service will liaise with FTB regarding a plan for the most appropriate service to meet the YPs needs. This will be reviewed and evidenced in BSOL MHST Steering Group, where any transitional difficulties will be raised and resolutions sought
A provider is being sourced for Forward Thinking Birmingham’s Mental Health Service Team (MHST) for the provision of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service for a period of three years.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-045861

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

TenderUpdate

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85323000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Buyer Name

Dasa Kucharkova

Buyer Email

dasa.kucharkova@uhb.nhs.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

31st July 2024 08:01:30 AM

Contract Summary

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are designed to support mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in and around schools and colleges. The teams were described in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper and they are a key element of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. This guidance document sets out the process for selecting where within an ICS footprint MHSTs will be placed in 2024/25 and provides you with all you need to know as you work with your partners to establish and deliver your new MHSTs.

MHSTs will support children and young people (regardless of home address or GP) who attend any of the schools identified and approved as an MHST-supported school. If a young person is identified outside of the school groups and has a Birmingham address and / or GP, the Service will liaise with FTB regarding a plan for the most appropriate service to meet the YPs needs. This will be reviewed and evidenced in BSOL MHST Steering Group, where any transitional difficulties will be raised and resolutions sought
A provider is being sourced for Forward Thinking Birmingham’s Mental Health Service Team (MHST) for the provision of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service for a period of three years.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-045861

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Award, Contract

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85323000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Buyer Name

Dasa Kucharkova

Buyer Email

dasa.kucharkova@uhb.nhs.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH

United Kingdom

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

COMPASS - SERVICES TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

9th May 2024 14:53:32 PM

Tender Deadline

10th June 2024 08:00:00 AM   Expired

Contract Summary

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are designed to support mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in and around schools and colleges. The teams were described in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper and they are a key element of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. This guidance document sets out the process for selecting where within an ICS footprint MHSTs will be placed in 2024/25 and provides you with all you need to know as you work with your partners to establish and deliver your new MHSTs.

MHSTs will support children and young people (regardless of home address or GP) who attend any of the schools identified and approved as an MHST-supported school. If a young person is identified outside of the school groups and has a Birmingham address and / or GP, the Service will liaise with FTB regarding a plan for the most appropriate service to meet the YPs needs. This will be reviewed and evidenced in BSOL MHST Steering Group, where any transitional difficulties will be raised and resolutions sought

A provider is being sourced for Forward Thinking Birmingham’s Mental Health Service Team (MHST) for the provision of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service for a period of three years. This services will include:

• Full operational delivery of a defined amount of MHSTs within Birmingham in line with national roll out plan (e.g. Wave 12 to be operational by January 2025)
• Delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Successful recruitment and retention of MHST staff, made up of senior clinicians, Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and administrative support as per national staffing model skill mix
• Provide supervision to EMHPs and Senior staff in line with Health Education England expectations
• Provide adequate infrastructure for staff to be able to deliver the service (e.g. estates / IT / other corporate support functions)
• Work with children and young people, families, school staff and leaders, key system partners and FTB to improve mental health provisions in schools

Mental Health Support Teams are intended to deliver three core functions:

1. Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs.
2. Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.
3. Provide timely advice to staff and liaise with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education
The MHST Wave 12 provider will be responsible for providing suitable office accommodation for 48wte staff. Delivery will primarily occur on school premises however will need space for support and developmental activities.

The annual figure for this will circa £2.5m inc vat . Commercial costs must not to exceed this annual financial envelope or pro rata if part year

Further information is provided and accessible within the tender documents within the Trust – e-tendering portal : https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

The deadline for bids is 10.6.2024 @ 9am

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-045861

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85323000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Buyer Name

Elizabeth Ratcliffe

Buyer Email

elizabeth.ratcliffe2@uhb.nhs.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

B15 2WB

United Kingdom