Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Mental Health Outreach Service for Rough Sleepers
Notice Description
This notice is for the direct award of a 12-month contract to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) to deliver the Lewisham START Team, a specialist mental health outreach service for rough sleepers. The service will be funded through the in-year Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant (RSPARG) increased allocation, alongside contributions from South East London (SEL) RSPARG and existing funding for the Dual Diagnosis Homeless Outreach Practitioner. The service will provide trauma-informed, multidisciplinary care aligned with NICE guidance and national homelessness priorities. The START Team will address a critical gap in provision identified through borough-wide service mapping. Under the Provider Selection Regime, officers utilised the Direct Award Process A to identify the provider. The annual contract value will be PS269,932 for the duration of the 12 month contract. This notice is placed to set out Lewisham Council's award of contract under the Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Lewisham is one of the few South East London boroughs without a dedicated mental health multidisciplinary outreach service for rough sleepers. Neighbouring boroughs such as Lambeth and Greenwich benefit from established START and RAMP teams respectively, offering integrated care across health and housing systems. The START Team for Lewisham, to be delivered by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), directly responds to this gap. It will expand the DD HOP model into a full multidisciplinary team, incorporating consultant psychiatry, care coordinators, and support workers. The service will be embedded within the existing START framework operating in Lambeth, Southwark, and Croydon, and will deliver trauma-informed, NICE-compliant care to rough sleepers across Lewisham. The key criteria that was used for selection was: 1. Quality and innovation; 2. Value; 3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice; 5. Social Value This is an award notice under the Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime.
Procurement Information
This contract will be awarded under the PSR Direct Award Process A, which permits a direct award where: *There is an existing provider of healthcare services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate *The authority is satisfied that the provider is the only provider that can provide the services *The type of service means that there is no realistic alternative to existing provider. Lewisham Council has determined that SLaM is the only possible provider as the following PSR Direct Award Process A conditions have been met: *Is there an existing provider or group of providers? SLaM currently run the DD HOP post, the START team will be the expanded full service from the DD HOP. *Does the nature of the service mean that there is no realistic alternative to the current provider or group of providers? The service must be run by a statutory NHS mental health service to be able to carry out the core functions of the work. SLaM is the local mental health NHS trust and so is there only suitable provider
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ac7b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064055-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £269,932 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Oct 20254 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
- LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- lewisham.procurement@lewisham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CATFORD
- Postcode
- SE6 4RU
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
- Delivery Location
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
-
- Local Authority
- Lewisham
- Electoral Ward
- Rushey Green
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewisham East
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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