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title: "Mental Health Services and Schools & Colleges Link Programme"
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# Mental Health Services and Schools & Colleges Link Programme

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64223957-d939-42d9-a058-a1806573802e

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## Summary

The Department for Education is seeking providers for the "Mental Health Services and Schools & Colleges Link Programme," aimed at enhancing collaboration between schools and mental health services. This project falls under the education and training services industry category, with an expected contract value of £10,500,000. The procurement process is currently at the Award stage, having been published on 25 June 2019. The contract period commenced on 1 June 2019 and will last for two years, with a potential extension of up to two additional years. The tender used a selective procurement method through a restricted procedure, with responses due by 18 January 2019.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in mental health services, educational training, and joint working between health and educational organisations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) with expertise in mental health provision and experience in developing training programmes for schools and colleges would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. The successful bidder will be pivotal in shaping the support structure for children's mental health across educational institutions in England.

## Notice

The Department for Education is seeking a provider, or consortium of providers, to deliver a national Mental Health Services and Schools & Colleges Link programme. Delivery will build on the 2015 joint NHS England and DfE Mental Health Services and Schools Link pilot (Phase 1), and the current Phase 2 which is ongoing until March 2019. The training is designed to improve communication and facilitate joined up working between schools/colleges and Mental Health services so that more children and young people get the help and support they need at the right time, in the right place and do not fall through the gaps or experience poor transition between services. Providers with an understanding of children and young people's mental health provision as well as an understanding of how schools/colleges support pupils' mental health and those with experience of facilitating joint working between health and education services may be interested in this opportunity. The service is made up of 2 core delivery elements: 1 - Recruit and manage CCGs, schools and colleges nationally from across England to take part in joint training workshops for named leads in schools and mental health services. 2 - Deliver a workshop training programme to schools and colleges in England based on the model delivered during the second phase of the programme. The contract period will be for an initial term of 2 years with an option to extend up to a further 2 years, taking the full contract term to a maximum of 4 years. Additional information: The contract includes the option to extend the contract for a period,or periods,up to a total of 2 additional years taking the maximum contract term to 4 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2a77c50c-787b-417c-8cd1-9a633b6b5d6b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jan 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Apr 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 May 2019 - 31 May 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £9,332,414 |
| 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 25 Jun 2019 at 12:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2a77c50c-787b-417c-8cd1-9a633b6b5d6b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2a77c50c-787b-417c-8cd1-9a633b6b5d6b
  25th June 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5fe5c595-ba85-46e3-80e1-56df48d1b8eb
  Contract
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:548359-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=1
  OJEU Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8983b0a4-3116-40ea-9a31-1856197b4ea4?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U
  Contrcts Finder Notice

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