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title: "ECC Mental Health Intensive Assessment Beds North East and West Essex"
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# ECC Mental Health Intensive Assessment Beds North East and West Essex

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71e52485-35d7-4512-b2ef-f49cdb8a14ad

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## Summary

The Essex County Council has initiated a tender process for the provision of Mental Health Intensive Assessment Beds in North East and West Essex. This contract aims to offer a short-stay service for adults requiring intensive assessment beds, including on-site multi-disciplinary teams. The service will cater to individuals from North East and West Essex, providing a community-based setting for assessments ready for discharge from hospital settings. Referrals from the community will also be accepted. The submission deadline for this tender is 12pm on 16th September 2022.

This procurement opportunity in the health and social work services sector presents a chance for businesses to provide intensive enablement beds and mental health support services. Companies well-versed in delivering regulated personal care alongside mental health support are recommended to compete for this tender. The open procedure provides a fair chance for interested bidders to participate and potentially secure a contract for delivering critical mental health services in North East and West Essex.

## Notice

This contract is to provide Intensive Assessment Beds service for Adults from North East and West Essex. It is a short stay 24/7 service (maximum 6 weeks) with on-site MDT. The requirement is for six Intensive enablement beds located in North-East Essex, which will accept referrals from individuals who have connection with either North-East or West Essex. The six-bed provision located in the North-East Essex area will cover both areas. The primary purpose of this service is to provide a safe, community-based setting for assessments to be undertaken for people ready for discharge from hospital settings, including Personality Disorder and rehabilitation units. Referrals may also be made from the community for people who do not need an inpatient-based assessments and or/treatment. IAB services will be CQC registered and deliver regulated personal care tasks alongside mental health support where needed. The service will provide an opportunity to ensure individuals are appropriately assessed to receive the right support, at the right time and in the right place and receive the right resources to meet their identified assessed needs once discharged from the scheme Comprehensive Care Act and community-based assessments undertaken within the IAB schemes are a key element of the new model for recovery in Mental Health Accommodation and this will be a new service within ECC. This tender is open to all interested bidders with a submission deadline of 12pm on 16th September 2022.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1a2e2a2-1e6d-4e5b-9ea7-08166d92ff67 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 8 Dec 2022 - 5 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,500,000 |
| 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 | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 8 Aug 2022 at 14:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1a2e2a2-1e6d-4e5b-9ea7-08166d92ff67

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1a2e2a2-1e6d-4e5b-9ea7-08166d92ff67
  8th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.essex.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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