Notice Information
Notice Title
Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement
Notice Description
***This advert is for market engagement only***<br/><br/>The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to advertise market engagement for a future Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service.<br/><br/>The Commissioner intends to hold a virtual market engagement event. <br/><br/>This event will be the formal opportunity for providers interested in delivering Individualised Placement and Support Service in Kent and Medway to hear about the future contracting model. There will also be an overview of the competitive process that will take place and the indicative timescales. The contract term will be three years, with a two year extension option. The financial envelope will be discussed during the market engagement event.
Lot Information
Lot 1
***This advert is for market engagement only***
The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to advertise market engagement for a future Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service.
The Commissioner intends to hold a virtual market engagement event.
This event will be the formal opportunity for providers interested in delivering Individualised Placement and Support Service in Kent and Medway to hear about the future contracting model. There will also be an overview of the competitive process that will take place and the indicative timescales. The contract term will be three years, with a two year extension option. The financial envelope will be discussed during the market engagement event.
IPS (Individualised Placement and Support) is a service commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway for the adult (18+) population of Kent and Medway with a severe mental illness. IPS offers intensive, individually tailored support to help people to choose and find the right job, with ongoing support for the employer and employee to help ensure the person keeps their job.
IPS uses a personalised and strength-based approach to support people to find a job of their choosing and aims to help people find paid jobs within just weeks of being referred to the service and will continue to work with both employer and employee to sustain the job placement for as long as possible, or to help the client into a different job.
IPS directly tackles the lack of integration of healthcare and employment services and the disconnection of different specialists by integrating employment specialists into health teams.
It is based on eight evidenced based principles. These include a focus on competitive employment, rather than volunteering or sheltered work; zero exclusion, open to all who want to work; and close integration between employment specialists and health teams.
IPS is a nationally mandated service for the ICB to commission and is supported by a fidelity model that providers must comply with and are independently assessed against.
The virtual market engagement event will take place between 09:30am and 10:30am on Thursday 26th June 2025.
Upon registration and completion of the online questionnaire, a link to the virtual meeting will be provided. Additional information: To register to attend the event and access further details please go to the following
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, register on the system as appropriate.
Access project Ref No. C368531 'Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service Market Engagement' and complete the short questionnaire to register your attendance.
Please register by 5pm on 24th June 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054737
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031745-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 12 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Lindsay Gamlin
- Contact Email
- l.gamlin@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MAIDSTONE
- Postcode
- ME15 6NB
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ4 Kent, TLJ41 Medway
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- High Street
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
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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