--- title: "Children and young people's future mental health offer - Kent & Medway - Pre-procurement market engagement event to explore future contracting and collaborative learning network & advice models." ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS KENT & MEDWAY ICB" published: "2024-01-05" --- # Children and young people's future mental health offer - Kent & Medway - Pre-procurement market engagement event to explore future contracting and collaborative learning network & advice models. Buyer: NHS KENT & MEDWAY ICB Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-0b8b8ef8-f876-4cea-a4da-388e7c204085.json) ## Summary The NHS Kent & Medway ICB is planning a tender titled "Children and young people's future mental health offer" in the health services category. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase. The key milestone is the engagement end date on 25th January 2024. The tender aims to commission contracts for mental health services for children and young people in Kent & Medway. The event for market engagement is scheduled for 1st February 2024 at Aylesford Community Centre in Maidstone. This tender by NHS Kent & Medway ICB presents an opportunity for businesses in the health services sector, particularly those offering mental health services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations are suited to participate. Businesses interested in collaborative learning networks and innovative mental health services should consider engaging in the pre-procurement market event to explore future contracting models in this area. ## Notice ***This advert is for pre-procurement market engagement only - this is not a procurement at this stage*** NHS Kent and Medway ICB intends to commission several contracts that will form part of the future mental health offer for its children and young people. The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to support pre- procurement market engagement only at this stage. Further to the previous market engagement event in November 2023, the Commissioner intends to hold a further in-person pre-procurement market engagement event to build on the work started to help the Commissioner develop the contracting model for future contracts. Commissioners will also ask stakeholders to provide feedback and reflections on emerging ideas around collaborative learning networks & advice models and how innovation can be applied to this area. The Commissioner welcomes participation from both stakeholders who attended the previous event, and any new stakeholders who may be interested in attending. The in-person pre-market engagement event will take place in Aylesford Community Centre between 9:30am and 12:30pm on Thursday 1st February 2024. To register interest in this opportunity, please go to the following https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, register on the system as appropriate and access project reference 'Quote/tender C233279 - Children & Young People Mental Health Market Engagement - 2nd event'. An FAQ document is available on the portal after registration. The deadline to register to attend the market engagement events is 17:00 on Thursday 25th January 2024, however providers are encouraged to respond as soon as possible to help with event planning. The commissioner does not bind itself to commencing or running any public procurement procedure further to, or as a result of, this pre-market engagement event. Any subsequent procurement, if undertaken, will be commenced by way of a separate call for competition via a relevant notice published in Find a Tender. Any and all information/documents that are made available to the market as part of this pre-market engagement exercise is draft and subject to change. All timeframes are indicative and also subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/267ed58e-01e5-4316-b3c9-893ec28c9e26 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 25 Jan 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £35,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS KENT & MEDWAY ICB | | Locality | MAIDSTONE | | Post town | Rochester | | Postcode | ME15 6NB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent | | ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent | | Local authority | Maidstone | | Electoral ward | High Street | | Westminster constituency | Maidstone and Malling | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 5 Jan 2024 at 16:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/267ed58e-01e5-4316-b3c9-893ec28c9e26 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/267ed58e-01e5-4316-b3c9-893ec28c9e26 5th January 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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