--- title: "Individual Placement Service Programme" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU" published: "2022-12-28" --- # Individual Placement Service Programme Buyer: NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-60b0b25d-5e23-44b0-97df-063d72438b90.json) ## Summary The NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is inviting tenders for an Individual Placement and Support Programme on behalf of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically miscellaneous health services. The tender, titled "Individual Placement Service Programme," aims to support individuals with severe mental health difficulties in finding and maintaining competitive employment. The procurement method is an open procedure with a deadline for submissions of 12:00 midday on Wednesday 25th January 2023. The contract value is \u00a34,550,000 over a 5-year period, starting on 1st May 2023. This tender provides an opportunity for SMEs and VCSEs interested in delivering clinical services within the North West region of the United Kingdom. Businesses well-suited to compete are those with experience in providing mental health support services and employment programmes. The initial contract duration is 3 years with an optional 2-year extension, offering stability for successful providers. Interested parties are advised to register on the MLCSU e-Procurement portal for further details and to participate in this procurement process. ## Notice NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, this invitation to tender is for an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Programme. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence- based model of employment support. Supporting people with severe mental health difficulties to find and keep competitive employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time-unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer. The Lancashire and South Cumbria IPS service currently offers support to any Lancashire and South Cumbria service users aged between 16 and 69 years of age, referred via Early Intervention in Psychosis or Community Mental Health Teams or service users within either of these services who choose to self-refer into the IPS service. The service operates within the 8 key principles of IPS and a fidelity review of the service is carried out by IPS Grow to ensure the quality of the service and demonstrates the commitment to continuous quality improvement. The contract will require the provider to work with the ICB to further expand the service to other mental health services available to individuals with a severe mental illness including primary care, increasing the number of individuals supported to secure employment inline with the NHS Long Term Plan requirements as stipulated in the service specification. The provider will demonstrate the increase in activity by provided regular reports to commissioners and demonstrating the number of service users becoming actively engaged in the service and number of service users starting paid employment as well as other standards required by the commissioners. The ITT will be live on Wednesday 28th December 2022 on the MLCSU Bravo portal (see below) & it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 midday on Wednesday 25th January 2023 Contract Period The initial contract will be for 3 years with a 2 years optional extension. The contract start date will be 1st May 2023. Contract Value The Financial Envelope is for a total of PS4,550,000 over the 5 years (split equally over the contract period of 5 years). The ICB has set an affordability threshold for the Procurement and reserves the right not to consider Bids that are unaffordable and above the affordability envelope of the project, or in in absence of an affordability envelope, the Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice value. The ICB may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low or above the affordability threshold. Following clarification, it will reserve the right not to consider Bids that are either above the affordability threshold or unusually low. Additional information: Interested providers are advised to register with MLCSU e-Procurement portal Bravo via the following link: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk This contract is for clinical services which are light touch regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (Regulations). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the regulations. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bcea8d20-0bbe-4a2f-a389-7231acacd605 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | 25 Jan 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,550,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU | | Locality | PRESTON | | Post town | Preston | | Postcode | PR26 6TT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire | | ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire | | Local authority | South Ribble | | Electoral ward | Farington West | | Westminster constituency | South Ribble | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services ## Release History - 28 Dec 2022 at 16:40 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bcea8d20-0bbe-4a2f-a389-7231acacd605 - 22 Dec 2022 at 17:26 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bcea8d20-0bbe-4a2f-a389-7231acacd605 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bcea8d20-0bbe-4a2f-a389-7231acacd605 28th December 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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