Contract Timeline

Publication Date

2nd June 2025 14:49:20 PM

Tender Deadline

4th July 2025 11:00:00 AM   Expired

Contract Summary

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Individual Placement and Support in line with the specified requirements. The service will provide intensive, individual support aiming to help people with a Severe Mental illness (SMI) to gain and retain paid competitive employment with the implementation of the evidenced based IPS employment approach. The service will be for people aged 18+ with an SMI open to secondary mental health care and also Primary Care. The geography covered is Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The contract will be for an initial 3 year term with 2 optional extensions of any period of 1 year per extension with service commencement on the 1st April 2026. It is expected that TUPE will apply and information is available on request. Further details are provided within the tender documentation. The contract value is £1,186,995 per annum giving a total value of £3,560,985 over the initial 3 year term, £4,747,980 if the first extension is adopted, and £5,934,975 if all extensions are adopted. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT. There will be no additional investment. The procurement and awarded contract will operate with a view to review the sufficiency of the contract value against service demand, efficiency and effectiveness, and on an annual basis upon receipt of confirmed budgetary allocations, consider adjustments through formal business case submission route should be explored. Any initiation of exploration will be at the commissioner's discretion. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-04fceb

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)

85312500

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

NHS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, SWINDON AND WILTSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

donnaharrington@nhs.net

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Chippenham

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

3rd April 2025 15:02:09 PM

Contract Summary

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) intention to recommission Individual Placement Support Services. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering this service. Commissioners intend to hold a market engagement event with potential bidders to provide information on the service within BSW and to assist commissioners with shaping their procurement strategy and service specification. This is not a call for competition. NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board is seeking to secure a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Individual Placement Support in line with the specified requirements. The service will provide intensive, individual support aiming to help people with a Severe Mental illness (SMI) to gain and retain paid competitive employment with the implementation of the evidenced based IPS employment approach. The service will be for people aged 18+ with an SMI open to secondary mental health care and also only Primary Care. The geography covered is Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The anticipated annual contract value is £710,995 per annum with additional £442,000 Service Development Fund to expand current service delivery into primary care, in line with national requirements There will be no additional investment. TUPE is likely to apply. The Market Engagement Event is expected to be held in a virtual environment at 9:30am until 11am on the 17th April 2025. Further details will be released to interested potential bidders in due course. Providers wishing to attend the market engagement must express an interest within the e-procurement system and complete an Expression of Interest form. Completed forms should be submitted no later than 12 noon, 16th April 2025 via the messaging portal within the e-procurement system. Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-04fceb

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Planning

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85312500

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

NHS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, SWINDON AND WILTSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Buyer Name

Donna Harrington

Buyer Email

donnaharrington@nhs.net

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Chippenham

United Kingdom