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title: "County Durham Mental Health and Wellbeing Alliance"
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# County Durham Mental Health and Wellbeing Alliance

Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-01340976-8fef-40f3-ba2f-cc5e9482bb9d

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## Summary

Durham County Council is seeking to establish an Alliance for the County Durham Mental Health and Wellbeing project, aimed at providing co-ordinated support services for individuals with mental health needs. The procurement is at the contract award stage, with a total contract value of £23,000,000 and an expected contract start date of 1st April 2022, lasting until 31st March 2029, with an option to extend for a further three years. This initiative falls under the health and social work services category and is located in the North East region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents lucrative opportunities for businesses engaged in mental health support services, especially those that promote wellbeing and resilience. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, as the project seeks to collaborate with a variety of organisations capable of delivering innovative solutions. Companies with expertise in social care, community engagement, and mental health initiatives would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract.

## Notice

County Durham is developing a proposal for a different way of working with our communities and delivering interventions, at a locality place-based level. With this in mind we are seek a group of organisations to work with us in an Alliance. The aim of the Alliance is to co-produce, co-ordinate and provide a range of support services for people with mental health needs. The Alliance will provide support to people to become independent and, where possible, prevent the need for social care services along with support to step down from services, by providing the right support at the right time. The service will need to promote wellbeing as a concept to individuals in order to build resilience and help keep individuals mentally, emotionally and physically well. The service should sign-post or support individuals to take part in activities that promote wellbeing. The Alliance will include the providers and commissioners and will help improve access to information and support, remove the barriers between services and departments, improve and strengthen partnership working and further integrate care and health services. The expected start date for the proposed contract is 01/04/2022. The expected end date for the proposed contract is 31/03/2029 The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 36 months from the actual end date.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c2a4e72-f5f1-462e-bead-4c995f07855b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Jun 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £23,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £23,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Post town | Durham |
| Postcode | DH1 5UL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Neville's Cross |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 7 |
| Supplier names | CREATIVE SUPPORT; HOME GROUP; IF U CARE SHARE; MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS; RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP; ST MARGARET'S; WADDINGTON STREET CENTRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 6 Sep 2021 at 07:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c2a4e72-f5f1-462e-bead-4c995f07855b
- 19 Apr 2021 at 14:11 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f06f51a-b00d-45d2-b122-6b0313936f3a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c2a4e72-f5f1-462e-bead-4c995f07855b
  6th September 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f06f51a-b00d-45d2-b122-6b0313936f3a
  19th April 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.durham.gov.uk

## Provenance

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