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Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Feb 2023 at 00:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Tender

22 Jun 2022 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Common Services Agency (NHS National Services Scotland) awarded a contract for the project "Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge" on February 20, 2023. The procurement process aimed to bring innovative solutions to deliver person-centred and equitable mental health support. The contract, valued at £150,000, was awarded to Red Star Consulting Ltd, Sentireal, Wysa Ltd, Voxsio, and MyHelp Ltd. The contract's active status signifies completed award and ongoing service delivery.

This procurement opportunity presents a chance to contribute disruptive innovative solutions towards sustainable and accessible mental health services provision in Scotland. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in mental health, technology, and healthcare are well-suited to compete. The active tender period and open procurement method provide an opportunity for diverse businesses to engage in R&D activities that address crucial mental health challenges and deliver impactful solutions for the community.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge

Notice Description

***THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE TO CONCLUDE THE PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT OF THE COMPETITION DETAILED BELOW. THIS IS NOT A NEW COMPETITION. CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED BETWEEN NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE AND THE WINNING PARTICIPANTS.*** This Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) award, which will fund a Phase 1 feasibility study R&D contracts to bring innovative solutions that will deliver person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services for people in Scotland. This is a Pre-Commercial Procurement funded by The Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP) and Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Directorate. The Test Bed environment is provided by one of three Regional Test Beds within NHS Scotland Health Boards. The aim of this award is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that will deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services. The solution will support people who are not currently receiving treatment and address the backlog of patients on waiting lists and/or delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Contracts are between NHS Golden Jubilee and winning participants. Phase 1 projects range in size up to total costs of 30,000 GBP inclusive of VAT. The aim of this award was to develop disruptive innovative solutions that deliver sustainable, accessible and equitable mental health services, addressing one or more of the following areas: -Young persons challenge -Hard to reach populations (people with existing mental health conditions and/or people with a co-occurring condition e.g. sensory loss, alcohol, or substance issues) -Patient centred care pathways -Treatment resistant conditions -Prioritisation of backlog Addressing one of the challenge areas below. In phase 1, must: -demonstrate the technical feasibility of your proposed innovation -establish ongoing collaboration between technical and clinical members of the project team -formalise any required ethical approvals, data sharing agreements and contracts -begin working with clinical data. Bids were welcome that bring together sector specialists. The aim of this award is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that address: Challenge A - Supporting people who are not currently receiving treatment and addressing the backlog of patients on waiting lists. The themes and priority areas below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive. Innovation themes: -Supported self-management. -Diagnosis and assessment. -Digital psychological interventions, e.g. formal evidence based psychological treatments / interventions; just-in-time adaptive interventions. -Information, advice and self-help (this is not about creating new interventions, rather focusing on maximising what we currently have) -Transdiagnostic processes - issues that are present across disorders e.g. sleep, rumination, social avoidance, pain. Priority Areas: -Neurodevelopmental difficulties in Children and Young People -Able Autistic Group -Post-traumatic stress disorder -People with low levels of activity and promoting exercise as an intervention. -Hard to reach populations (people with existing mental health conditions and/or people with a co-occurring condition e.g. sensory loss, alcohol, or substance issues) -Eating disorders - Low weight/ anorexia (this patient group has seen a 240% increase in referrals since routine services opened up again following the first Covid lockdown period.) -Young people and innovation in schools Challenge B - Delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways. The themes and priority areas below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive. Innovation themes: -Digital pathway enhancements including asynchronous approaches (Before referral, at triage, whilst awaiting first appointment, during treatment, after discharge, communication between services, person-centred care planning.) This could include information, advice and self-help; and/or collection of clinical information, eg, from inventories to inform assessment/care. -Remote monitoring, including medication monitoring, collection of patient reported outcome data from digital products to help tailor care to needs of people with ongoing mental health challenges; and collection and analysis of data from multiple agencies that may indicate deteriorating mental health in adults or risk in children and young people. -Novel approaches to identify new therapeutic and technological opportunities for treatment resistant mental health problems. Priority Areas -Keeping people at home - e.g. innovation opportunities linked to the Intensive Home Treatment model -Maintaining connections with home for inpatient care Contracts have be given to successful applicants.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000697539
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB471691
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

33195000 - Patient-monitoring system

72212610 - Database software development services

73120000 - Experimental development services

73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£180,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£180,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Feb 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Aug 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Jan 20233 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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH12 9EB
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
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Drum Brae/Gyle
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
5
Supplier Names

MyHelp Ltd

Red Star Consulting Ltd

Sentireal

Voxsio

Wysa Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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