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Summary of the contracting process

The City of Edinburgh Council is conducting a procurement process titled "Edinburgh Thrive Services," aimed at commissioning community adult mental health and wellbeing services in Edinburgh. The procurement is currently at the award stage, with the contract expected to begin on 1st October 2020. This limited procurement method, which does not require prior publication of a call for competition, is part of the Thrive Edinburgh strategy to enhance mental health and wellbeing services across the city. Key dates include a submission deadline which has previously been extended to 9th March 2020, with negotiation dates set for late April 2020.

This procurement offers robust opportunities for businesses engaged in mental health services, social support, community outreach, and arts-related initiatives. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) particularly well-suited to participate include those providing peer support and community engagement, alongside organisations with expertise in mental health and wellness programming. As this tender embraces partnership models, it encourages collaboration between various service providers, enhancing potential synergies and holistic service delivery to the communities of Edinburgh.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Edinburgh Thrive Services

Notice Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP) and the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) would like to invite proposals for community adult mental health and wellbeing services and support for across the city, as part of Thrive Edinburgh strategy for mental health and wellbeing. The aim will be to deliver a range of services and programmes to support the delivery of the Thrive Welcome Team and the Thrive Collective.

Lot Information

Thrive Locality Teams (Thrive Collective)

The Thrive Locality Team as part of the Thrive Collective which is the commissioning of emotional, psychological, and social support within localities across Edinburgh. As part of the Locality teams, the Thrive Collective will provide a range of emotional, psychological and social support which should reflect and respond to the needs of the locality's population. As part of the Thrive model, we embrace collaborative working to ensure we meet the needs and aspirations of our communities and ensure people get the help they need.. All additional information is held within the ITT documents

Thrive Collective: Thrive Places and Spaces

This service specification is for Lot Three: Places and Spaces as part of the Thrive Collective and is to provide safe places and spaces for people to connect with others and to engage in meaningful and purposeful activities. As part of the Thrive model we embrace collaborative working to ensure we meet the needs and aspirations of our communities and ensure people get the help they need. To help prevent loneliness and isolation in Edinburgh we want to commission places and spaces to give people somewhere to go, to connect with others and to engage in meaningful and purposeful activities.. All additional information is held within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Physical Activity and Greenspaces

Lot Four: Physical Activity and Greenspaces as part of the Thrive Collective and is to maximise the use of our community assets through promoting a range of physical activity and making use of green space for health benefit. The Council recognises that people will want easy access to the services and programme, and greenspaces at different times and in different places and therefore there needs to be a range. Providers should evidence their flexibility and access to spaces and places to facilitate this. All additional information is contained within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Thrive Peer Development

Lot Six: Peer Community of Practice as part of the Thrive Collective and is to create a community of practice to support development of peer workers and peer work across the city. We are inviting proposals to create a community of practice to support the professional development of paid peer workers in the city; enhance opportunities for peer volunteering and contribute to the LEARN programme.. All additional information is contained within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Thrive Service User Led Research

Lot Seven: Thrive Service - User Led Research as part of the Thrive Collective and is to ensure there are increased opportunities for service user led research which reflect the priorities identified by the Thrive Partnership. Edinburgh has build a strong foundation of user led research and to We want to build on this through supporting further service user led research with a specific focus on: eating disorders; BAME communities' access to mental health support and young parents.. All additional information is held within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Thrive Carers Support

Lot Eight: Thrive Carers Support as part of the Thrive Collective and is to support carers as new services are developed. We recognise the contribution and importance of carers within the design and delivery of our services and support and the importance of having them actively involved in the co-design and co-delivery.. All additional information is contained within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Thrive Service User Led Groups

Lot Nine: Thrive Service User Led Support Groups as part of the Thrive Collective and is to support peer led self help / support groups for people with mental health conditions. We would like to build capacity in Edinburgh for groups and would like to commission organisation/s to facilitate such groups and find innovative ways to reach their populations.. All additional information is held within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Collective: Thrive Arts and Creativity

Lot Five: Thrive Arts and Creativity as part of the Thrive Collective and is to support the delivery of our year long Arts programme "A Sense of Belonging Arts Programme" through administering the grants programme and maximising the city's cultural assets. We would expect this proposal to deliver the Out of Sight, Out of Mind' annual exhibition which in 2019 exhibited more than 400 pieces of art from people with lived experience of poor mental health. The exhibition itself attracts over 2,000 visitors annually. We would expect this proposal to administer an annual grant grants programme of 25,000 GBP to support partners and individual artists to participate in the annual Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival which takes place in May annually and other opportunities to engage in arts throughout the year.. All additional information is contained within the ITT documents supplied.

Thrive Welcome Team

This service is for Lot One: The Thrive Welcome Team and the commissioning of The Thrive Welcome Team Support Workers and Peer Workers. As part of the Thrive model we embrace collaborative working to ensure we meet the needs and aspirations of our communities and ensure people get the help they need. The Thrive Welcome Workers and Peer Workers will be commissioned as part of this process. They will work as part of the multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams.. All additional information is contained within the ITT documents supplied

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000608691
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT398215
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
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
SME

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
£20,762,793 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Oct 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
7 Feb 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Sep 20205 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The City of Edinburgh Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH8 8BG
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
12
Supplier Names

CAPS Independent Advocacy

Cyrenians

Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust

Edinburgh Leisure

Health in Mind

Media Education

Penumbra

Scottish Association for Mental Health

Support in Mind Scotland

The Broomhouse Centre

VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian

Wheatley Care t/a Contact Point

Further Information

Notice Documents

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