Notice Information
Notice Title
Children and Young People's Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Referral Navigation Service in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - Pre-Procurement Engagement Exercise
Notice Description
The purpose of the service is to provide a single point of entry for triaging of referrals for support for C&YP's emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. It will be open to all C&YP aged 0-18yrs and resident across LLR registered with an LLR GP.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The service will triage referrals from Primary care and other professionals as well as those via an online self-referral ensuring that C&YP are signposted or referred to the most appropriate services for their needs in a safe and timely manner. Aims and objectives of the Service: * Capacity to triage approximately 750 C&YP each month. * Capacity to triage approximately 100 C&YP each month via the online self-referral. * Increase the number of C&YP accessing emotional, mental health and wellbeing services at an appropriate level to meet their needs. * Increase the number of C&YP, families and carers to access the right care, in the right place at the right time, leading to improved patient experiences and outcomes. * Reduce waiting times to both assessment and treatment through improved referral management. * Provide an integrated self-referral route. * Provide improved equity of access and a reduction in variation, allowing the provider to mobilise the transfer of users from one service to another. NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Procurement Unit are issuing this Prior Information Notice on behalf of NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are seeking initial engagement and feedback from the market to establish potential interest to deliver the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Referral Navigation Services in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The notice has been issued subject to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the Procurement of Healthcare Services, to establish market interest in the services here described. This is to develop and update the ICB's landscape knowledge of potential suitable providers and an understanding of their ability to deliver these services. The ICB has not made any decisions with regards to which PSR process to follow in accordance with PSR at this time, and is looking for responses that may guide their decision-making in this regard for the future. Potentially interested parties are invited to respond to the questions within Atamis project C420980 to express an interest and to give feedback on the specification enclosed with this early supplier involvement advertisement. Full details of the service are set out in the DRAFT Specification within Annex 1 on Atamis. NOTE: The field on this notice 'II.3. Estimated date of publication of contract notice' contains a purely speculative date at this time and should not be relied upon as a promise that a contract notice will be issued on this date.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065fbe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018495-2026
- 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
- £367,693 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Apr 20262 months to go
- 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 LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE3 8TB
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Delivery Location
- TLF21 Leicester, TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
-
- Local Authority
- Blaby
- Electoral Ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Westminster Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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