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title: "Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services"
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# Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services

Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-91119eb7-606e-432c-8eab-d7c066c1d550

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## Summary

The NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is inviting interest for the Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services, which is set to provide essential healthcare services across the South West of the United Kingdom. This procurement process is currently in the Award stage, following the extension of contracts that will last until 31st March 2023, facilitating the alignment of these services with the BNSSG Community Mental Health Programme. The total value of these contracts is approximately £5,888,843, effective from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for organisations specialising in mental health and community support services, particularly those within the voluntary and community sector. Businesses that provide peer support, crisis intervention, counselling, and rehabilitation services would be well-positioned to benefit from these contracts. The focus on quality and proven capability to support vulnerable populations in mental health contexts means that qualified and experienced firms should consider competing for these essential service contracts.

## Notice

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG (BNSSG CCG) has extended a number of current Community Mental Health Supporting Services contracts by one year to 31st March 2023, in order to align the services to the emerging BNSSG Community Mental Health Programme (CMHP) and avoid gaps in services prior to the new locality based community mental health offer being fully established. All the relevant Providers are providing a service of acceptable quality that meets the needs and expectation of the CCG and patients. The CCG has no concerns regarding the proposed providers' ability to deliver the service through to 31st March 2023. As a result of all of the material factors noted above, the negotiated procedure without prior publication is justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons'. The value of this notice, which is split across the above 21 separate contracts, is PS5,888,843 for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. Additional information: The services to which this aggregated Notice applies to are: 1.Bristol Hearing Voices Group 2.Bristol Mind (Mindline) 3.Bristol Tranquiliser Project 4.Missing Link (Women's Crisis House) 5.St Mungos (Men's Crisis House) 6.St Mungos (Sanctuary) 7.St Mungos (Assertive Contact and Engagement Service) 8.Windmill Hill City Farm 9.CASS 10.Second Step (North Somerset Wellbeing Service) 11.Second Step (Community Rehabilitation Service) 12.Richmond Fellowship (Employment Service) 13.Bluebell 14.Mothers for Mothers 15.Rockabye 16.North Somerset Homestart 17.Cruse 18.Greenhouse 19.The Harbour 20.Womankind 21.Independent Mental Health Network During the 2019/20 contracting year a comprehensive review of all mental health contracts commissioned by BNSSG's predecessor CCGs took place examining the services delivered, activity, outcomes and equity across BNSSG. Alongside the review, the Community Mental Health Framework was published nationally. This document set out the ambition for a wholescale transformation at a community level (excluding crisis and inpatients) of mental health services, including a significant enhancement to lower level mental health support which could be led by, or in conjunction with, the Voluntary Sector rather than delivered solely by an NHS Trust. In April 2020 BNSSG CCG therefore decided to extend the existing contracts whilst a local model for the CMHP was developed. An initial BNSSG model and timeframe for implementation is now in development, however, a further extension to contracts is required in order to avoid gaps in service during implementation and allow for further opportunities to be explored to develop integrated commissioning solutions. If the CCG had not awarded contract extensions it would significantly increase health inequalities, leaving gaps within the pathway, without a clear alterative in place. Without a clear direction of travel, services may lose staff at a time when people with mental health problems are at their most vulnerable due to COVID-19. Ending of contracts would not support the system's strategic direction and would not support people with mental health needs, who are particularly disadvantaged during the Covid-19 pandemic. There has also been significant public and patient involvement in the consultation for the CMHP - over 40 events took place over a 3 month period. During, 2021-2022, a process took place to further review all the contracts alongside our six maturing Integrated Care Partnerships in BNSSG. As a result of this review, it was agreed contracts would be extended for a further year to support the development of our local community mental health framework models. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ce0e3f5-9687-4685-8eea-e1e5d5f79e89 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Mar 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,888,843 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,851,888,843 |
| 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 | NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS1 3NX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol Central |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 28 |
| Supplier names | BLUEBELL; BRISTOL HEARING VOICES GROUP; BRISTOL MIND; BRISTOL MIND (MINDLINE; BRISTOL MISSING LINK; BRISTOL TRANQUILISER PROJECT; CASS; COMMUNITY ACCESS SUPPORT SERVICE; CRUSE; GREENHOUSE; INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK; MISSING LINK (WOMEN'S CRISIS HOUSE; MOTHERS FOR MOTHERS; NORTH SOMERSET HOMESTART; RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP; RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP(THE; ROCKABYE; SECOND STEP; SECOND STEP (NORTH SOMERSET WELLBEING SERVICE; ST MUNGOS; ST MUNGOS (ASSERTIVE CONTACT AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICE; ST MUNGOS (MEN'S CRISIS HOUSE; ST MUNGOS (SANCTUARY; THE GREENHOUSE; THE HARBOUR; WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM; WOMANKIND; WOMANKIND BRISTOL WOMEN'S THERAPY CENTRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 16 Feb 2022 at 11:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ce0e3f5-9687-4685-8eea-e1e5d5f79e89
- 22 Nov 2021 at 15:55 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68fd7480-7e9a-41fc-bf89-69db039997fa
- 22 Nov 2021 at 15:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68fd7480-7e9a-41fc-bf89-69db039997fa

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ce0e3f5-9687-4685-8eea-e1e5d5f79e89
  16th February 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68fd7480-7e9a-41fc-bf89-69db039997fa
  22nd November 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1279546a-2f01-4028-bdaa-ea97d8461ca8
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5edfd4c6-f476-47eb-9683-77b140f18ca7
  Information on bidders

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bnssgccg.nhs.uk

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