--- title: "Independent Mental Health Personal Health Budget Coordination" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS NORTH EAST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP" published: "2021-10-22" --- # Independent Mental Health Personal Health Budget Coordination Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-42edd430-9540-4b6b-b382-bfa94f35015b.json) ## Summary The NHS North East London Clinical Commissioning Group is embarking on the procurement of a permanent service for "Independent Mental Health Personal Health Budget Coordination" as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance mental health support within London. Currently in the planning stage, the engagement end date for interested parties to submit their forms is set for 19th November 2021. This procurement falls under the health and social work services category, with an estimated contract value of £148,254 per annum, to be awarded for a three-year term. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can provide independent mental health coordination services. Firms that possess expertise in mental health support, recovery services, and stakeholder engagement would be well-positioned to compete. The requirement for the service provider to maintain independence from any personal health budget funding ensures that organisations without conflicts of interest will have an advantageous standing in this competitive process. ## Notice In June 2019 City and Hackney CCG commenced a pilot for a Mental Health Recovery Personal Health Budget (PHB) Service where an organisation that was independent of other mental health provision in the area was asked to coordinate service used mental health PHBs. The initial conclusions of the pilot is that the service should be commissioned on a permanent basis in the area. The CCG believes that no market exists for this service and so is publishing this notice to confirm the CCG intention to award a substantive contract for a permanent service to The Advocacy Project. It is a requirement for the service provider to, not in any way, be a recipient of any PHB funding and for there to be no possibility that any service user could choose to spend any of their PHB with the service provider. It would be impossible for the service provider to oversee the distribution of PHB funds, to advise mental health service users on how to use their PHB, and at all times remain independent if the service provider was in any way connected to any of the organisations that would deliver services in exchange for PHB funding. The estimated value of the service contract PS148,254 per annum and the contract will be awarded for a three year period. Any organisation or individual that would like to engage with the CCG to express an interest or engage with the commissioning planning process must do so using the form attached to this notice and return the fully completed form by midday on 19th November 2021. Additional information: The pilot of the service started in 1st of June 2019 when The Advocacy Project (TAP) was awarded a 1 year term contract. In 2020, following an evaluation of the first year of the pilot, an additional one year contract was awarded to TAP for the delivery of the second year of the pilot. TAP were selected to run the pilot services because they do not present a conflict of interest when offering patients personal health budgets. TAP do not provide any services commissioned by personal health budgets and so are free to impartially advise patients on how the funding is spent. Other organisations were found to be in conflict because they might gain financially from the patient's choices. When the original pilot service specification was created 7 criteria for the PHB brokerage provider were defined as: 1. Able to understand the needs of and provide support to individuals with an SMI who are in recovery following a period of treatment 2. Able to provide support and advice independent of the clinical model of treatment 3. To provide impartial advice regarding services and support that can be purchased within the borough 4. Able to record required PHB details, including ReCOL10 scores, within a database system for PHB evaluation. 5. Relationships and engagement with clinicians across a range of secondary mental health settings 6. A service and organisational ethos championing the user's voice and empowering them to make decisions 7. Set up to provide support to people with a range of health needs including a learning disability and physical health conditions. The contract provides administration, co-ordinators and advocates to deliver a target of 400 personal health budgets per annum (increased from 200 in 2019/20). This work is done in partnership with ELFT, C&H Primary Care Networks and also other voluntary organisations such as Core Sport and Mind. The contract is to co-ordinate Mental Health Personal Health Budgets (PHB) and to advocate for patient choice within the pathway. The services delivered by The Advocacy Project are not clinical but, as the outcome measures show, they make a significant difference to patient's mental wellbeing. In addition TAP work in partnership with ELFT who hold the clinical governance on personal health budgets. Before the commencement of the pilot an options appraisal was undertaken to review capacity of known providers, experience and ability to deliver the service and manage conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest deemed to be a critical success factor in that an organisation that was responsible for advocating for a PHB service should not financially gain and so the organisation must not also a provider of the service. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d44f6132-d933-40c1-9a38-7a60f96c82b3 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | 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 | 22 Oct 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 19 Nov 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 NORTH EAST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E15 1DA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham | | Local authority | Newham | | Electoral ward | Stratford | | Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 22 Oct 2021 at 16:22 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d44f6132-d933-40c1-9a38-7a60f96c82b3 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d44f6132-d933-40c1-9a38-7a60f96c82b3 22nd October 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/536b3bbe-cf94-451c-8a7d-88e0441c7a40 Any organisation or individual that would like to engage with the CCG to express an interest or engage with the commissioning planning process must do so using this form attached here and return the fully completed form by midday on 19th November 2021. - https://www.advocacyproject.org.uk/phb/ ## Notice URLs - https://northeastlondonccg.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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