Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Individual Placement and Support Service for NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB
Notice Description
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering a Individual Placement and Support Service.<br/><br/>The aim of this service is to deliver an individual placement and support employment service for people with severe mental health issues, based in secondary mental health teams in Norfolk and Waveney. The employment specialist will work in close collaboration with clinical staff. They will also work with employers to seek employment opportunities for individuals and with any individuals who express an interest in employment to achieve an employment outcome.<br/><br/>This is a 5 year contract with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years. The maximum annual value is PS1,275,582 per annum, PS6,377,910 over the initial 5-year contract period and a maximum contract value of PS8,929,074 over the full 7-year period including optional 2-year extension period.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The aim of this service is to deliver an individual placement and support employment service for people with severe mental health issues, based in secondary mental health teams and primary care, across Norfolk and Waveney ICS.
The employment specialist will work in close collaboration with clinical staff. They will also work with employers to seek employment opportunities for individuals and with any individuals who express an interest in employment to achieve an employment outcome.
The service will deploy Employment Specialists (ES's) into the secondary mental health teams. ES's will also work with (and be integrated to) Primary Care Networks, as part of the Community Transformation Programme. The ES's will provide employment support in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).
IPS has been identified by both DWP and NHS England as a promising intervention to address unemployment within mental health. IPS is a replicable, evidence-based, supported employment programme that has been shown to deliver superior employment and health outcomes for people with severe mental health problems.
The IPS approach is based on eight key principles:
1. It aims to get people into competitive employment
2. It is open to all those who want to work
3. It tries to find jobs consistent with people's preferences
4. It works quickly
5. It brings employment specialists into clinical teams
6. Employment specialists develop relationships with employers based upon a person's work preferences
7. It provides time unlimited, individualised support for the person and their employer
8. Benefits counselling is included. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.'
If you have wish to make a written representation regarding this intention to award notice please contact nwicb.enquiries@nhs.net.
The intention to award decision was made by the ICB Steering Group 8th January 2025
There were no declared conflicts identified during in relation to this process.
The Key Criteria weighting for this services was as follows:
Quality & Innovation - 50%
Value - Pass/Fail
Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 20%
Improving Access, Reducing - 20%
Social Value - 10%
The rationale for awarding to the preferred provider was that they have passed all pass/fail questions in the basic selection questionnaire and ranked as the highest scoring provider based on their overall Key Criteria score within this Provider Selection Process.
Options: This is a 5 year contract with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049921
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059409-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £8,929,074 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £8,929,074 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,929,074 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Sep 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 8 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORFOLK & WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- david.bailey1@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH1 East Anglia
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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