---
title: "Community Forensic Mental Health Residential Step-down Service"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES"
published: "2018-07-09"
---

# Community Forensic Mental Health Residential Step-down Service

Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318.json)

## Summary

The NHS Shared Business Services is conducting a public procurement for the "Community Forensic Mental Health Residential Step-down Service" aimed at providing essential step-down services for forensic service users with specific mental health needs. The contract is classified under health and social work services and is located in London, United Kingdom. The procurement process, which is currently in the Award stage, offers a contract valued at £5,500,000 for a period of three years, commencing on 1st August 2018, with the possibility of a two-year extension. Interested parties were required to submit their bids by 12 noon on 21st December 2017.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social care services, particularly those with experience in mental health, supported housing, and rehabilitation. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can demonstrate their capability to provide tiered support services and promote user independence would be well-suited to compete. The successful delivery of this service is expected to enhance quality of life for service users and reduce the likelihood of relapse and re-admission.

## Notice

The aim of the service is to provide a range of community step-down services for forensic service users that have been discharged from acute inpatient mental health care and/or specialist secure or high dependency care. The service will be delivered in collaboration with the community forensic team. This cohort of service users may have enduring mental health needs and a high proportion may have ongoing issues with comorbid substance misuse and non-compliance. They may also have an ASD diagnosis and / or exhibit behaviour that challenges. The provision will include high, medium and low supported housing, which takes into account the presenting needs. This service operation will range from 24hour residential cover for people with high support needs to a supported environment with staffing presence during daytime hours, which may include a floating support provision and a concierge service at night. There will be a minimum of 26-beds across the tiered service model. The service objective is to work collaboratively with a range of multi-disciplinary professionals to provide a rehabilitation environment that supports the forensic service user with safely transitioning through the different levels of care. The service is responsive to the changing needs of the users, enabling them to safely transition towards a sustainable recovery, while assisting them to manage their mental health and any physical health needs and achieve future independence. The provider will deliver a tiered service model which offers a range of community supported housing provision to manage the different level of treatment needs, which will ensure: * Relapse and re-admission is kept to a minimum * Independence, recovery and social inclusion are promoted wherever possible. * Improved quality of life and better insight and management of their mental health diagnosis * Improved patient experience and systems in place to work collaboratively with service users * The service is safe and takes into account service users and the public protection. The contract offered is for 3 years, with potential to be extended for a further 2 years (up to 5 years in total). Additional information: Potential Bidders, intending to participate through the procurement process are now invited to register an interest and access the procurement documents (ITT, Service Specification, Bidder Instructions etc.) via the electronic procurement portal EU-Supply available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com. Once you have logged into the EU-Supply Portal, SEARCH FOR TENDER REFERENCE 29796 (Community Forensic Step-down Service). **The DEADLINE for submissions of ITT responses for which Bids must be submitted through the EU-Supply Portal, is 12 noon on 21 December 2017**. Registration on EU-Supply is FREE and the attached EU-Supply - Quick User Guide will be helpful. If you need technical support on the EU-Supply Portal, please contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3869b29d-f866-4dad-933f-667c64215c8b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - bespoke single stage |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Jul 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Dec 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2018 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2018 - 31 Jul 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,121,338 |
| 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 SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES |
| Locality | SALFORD |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M50 2UW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Electoral ward | Quays |
| Westminster constituency | Salford |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PENROSE OPTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 9 Jul 2018 at 12:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3869b29d-f866-4dad-933f-667c64215c8b
- 27 Nov 2017 at 17:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d27ef56-5bd1-4d7e-b241-e9c66fb5e351

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3869b29d-f866-4dad-933f-667c64215c8b
  9th July 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d27ef56-5bd1-4d7e-b241-e9c66fb5e351
  27th November 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/88ee62a1-d46f-4f40-a4bf-88f6f2b6b9ad
  EU Supply Quick User Guide

## Notice URLs

- https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-afe56ade-b775-445b-937f-090f63fe4318.json.