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title: "Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b631"
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# Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services

Buyer: NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b631

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## Summary

The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) has awarded contracts for the "Community Mental Health Framework Supporting Services". This procurement falls under the health services category and is worth a total of £15,871,313.00 split across multiple contracts over different periods. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication. The contracts are aimed at extending current mental health services to align with the BNSSG Community Mental Health Programme.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for healthcare providers specialising in mental health services within the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire region. The contracts aim to ensure the continuation and improvement of essential mental health support services, fostering innovation and partnership within the local healthcare ecosystem. Businesses providing community-focused mental health services and support organisations are well-suited to compete for these contracts and contribute to enhancing mental health care provision in the area.

## Notice

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) has extended a number of current Community Mental Health Supporting Services contracts by 1-3 years., in order to align the services to the emerging BNSSG Community Mental Health Programme (CMHP) and avoid gaps in services prior to 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 ICB and patients. The ICB has no concerns regarding the proposed providers' ability to deliver the service.. 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 24 separate contracts, is PS11,871,313.00 for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The value of this notice, which is split across the above 7 separate contracts, is PS3,891,194.00 for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The value of this notice, which is split across the above 1 separate contracts, is PS46,713.00 for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) will be extending a number of current Community Mental Health Supporting Services contracts, 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. 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. Second Step (North Somerset Wellbeing Service) 10. Second Step (Community Rehabilitation Service) 11. Second Step (Safe Haven) 12. Bluebell 13. Mothers for Mothers 14. Rockabye 15. North Somerset Homestart 16. Cruse 17. The Harbour 18. Womankind 19. Independent Mental Health Network 20. Second Step (HOPE) 21. Self Injury Support Service (SiS) 22. Bristol Dementia Service (DPT) 23. Nilaari 24. Bristol Changes In 2019 a thorough review of all Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Mental health contracts held by the CCG was undertaken and was considered through CCG Governance Processes. The CCG Governing Body recommended that the future of the contracts was considered through the Community Mental Health Programme as services will need to align to future Locality Partnership (LP) models of care. Currently this reflects over 24 contracts (listed below) which are due to end on the 31 March 2023. 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. In April 2021 Governing Body asked that the six Locality Partnerships, in collaboration with the CCG, to make recommendations on the future of these contracts. The majority of recommendations were to extend for one year. As a result, a further process to review contracts with Locality Partnerships has been completed during summer 2022 which has resulted in all contracts being extended. The recommendations to extend each contract were taken to, and approved by the Locality Delivery Partnership Board (LDPB) and the ICB Finance, Estates and Digital board. If the ICB 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. All the relevant Providers are providing a service of acceptable quality that meets the needs and expectation of the ICB and patients. The ICB has no concerns regarding the proposed providers' ability to deliver the service through to the end of their agreed contracted period. . 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 24 separate contracts, is PS11,871,313.00 for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The value of this notice, which is split across the above 7 separate contracts, is PS3,891,194.00 for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The value of this notice, which is split across the above 1 separate contracts, is PS46,713.00 for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 Additional information: 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 | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008786-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Mar 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Mar 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £15,809,220 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| 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 | TLK23 Somerset CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 24 |
| Supplier names | BLUEBELL; BRISTOL CHANGES; BRISTOL DEMENTIA SERVICE (DPT; BRISTOL HEARING VOICES GROUP; BRISTOL MIND (MINDLINE; BRISTOL TRANQUILISER PROJECT; CRUSE; HOPE - (SECOND STEP; INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK; MISSING LINK (WOMEN'S CRISIS HOUSE; MOTHERS FOR MOTHERS; NILAARI; NORTH SOMERSET HOMESTART; ROCKABYE; SECOND STEP (COMMUNITY REHABILITATION; SECOND STEP (NORTH SOMERSET WELLBEING SERVICE; SECOND STEP (SAFE HAVEN; SELF INJURY SUPPORT SERVICE; ST MUNGOS (ASSERTIVE CONTACT AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICE; ST MUNGOS (MEN'S CRISIS HOUSE; ST MUNGOS (SANCTUARY; THE HARBOUR; WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM; WOMANKIND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85120000 - Medical practice and related services

## Release History

- 27 Mar 2023 at 10:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008786-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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