Notice Information
Notice Title
Mental Health Step Down Service
Notice Description
Individuals accessing the service have been admitted on a psychiatric ward and no longer require to be in hospital. They need however further support with their recovery before returning home or/and require support with their housing as they find themselves homeless upon discharge. Individuals accessing the service will have enduring Mental Health needs and as a result suffer from multiple disadvantage and exclusion. This will include past and present history of substance misuse, domestic violence and dealings with the criminal justice system.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service: * Ensures continuity of support for the individual/ system flow of inpatient and community mental health services * Provides a specialist service and support the recovery of people using a trauma informed approach * Supports individuals to access universal services * Eliminates long term cost and commitment from the ASC budget in the form of individual request for services/commissioned care and support * Meets Somerset Council requirements under the Care Act 2014 * Demonstrates Somerset's commitment to parity of esteem with an "intermediate care" offer for Mental Health clients. * Adheres to the Adult Social Care Strategy and priorities: 'Right Support, Right place, Right time' Somerset Council proposes to direct award the Contract for these Services to the current provider following Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR). The lifetime value of the contract is: PS1,617,000
Procurement 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 27.08.2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0588ce
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052646-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- 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
85312500 - Rehabilitation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,617,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Aug 20256 months 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
- SOMERSET COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Stephen Barker
- Contact Email
- stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7766526294
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TAUNTON
- Postcode
- TA1 4DY
- Post Town
- Taunton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK62 Somerset
- Delivery Location
- TLK23 Somerset CC
-
- Local Authority
- Somerset
- Electoral Ward
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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