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title: "Mental Health Support Teams North East Essex"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c325"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2023-09-08"
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# Mental Health Support Teams North East Essex

Buyer: SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c325

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## Summary

The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for the Mental Health Support Teams North East Essex. The contract, valued at £11,471,120, was awarded to North East London NHS Foundation Trust. The procurement involved an open procedure for health services in the North East Essex area. The contract aims to establish mental health support teams over a 5-year period with a possible extension of 2 years. The buying organisation, located in Colchester, UK, issued the Contract Notice for the service.

This tender offers business opportunities for service providers in the health sector, especially those focusing on mental health services. Companies interested in expanding their presence in North East Essex and providing support to vulnerable children and young people can benefit from this opportunity. With a focus on delivering effective mental health interventions to schools in the area, businesses with experience in supporting youth mental health and working with school communities would be well-suited to compete for this contract.

## Notice

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Commissioners) are issuing this Contract Notice in connection with the competitive procurement of the Mental Health Support Teams North East Essex locality. The Commissioners are looking to establish contracts to cover the service, for a period 5 years and 3 months with the possibility of extending the term for a period 2 years.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Commissioners) are issuing this Contract Notice in connection with the competitive procurement of the Mental Health Support Teams North East Essex locality. The Commissioners are looking to establish contracts to cover the service, for a period 5 years and 3 months with the possibility of extending the term for a period 2 years.The anticipated aggregate contract value is PS11,513,000.00 across the potential 7 years and 3 months.There are currently three MHSTs in schools in North East Essex with a further expansion of Wave 10 and an additional team in Jan 2024. The teams are located in North East Essex and the Commissioners are looking to build on the success of the existing schemes working within schools. The teams utilise local channels to ensure we are addressing inequalities, identify vulnerable children, children in need with consideration to ethnic diversity. Our broader ambition is to double the number of MSHTs in North East Essex; we have already identified a number of schools to take part in the next phase.The North East Essex MHSTs provide support across Colchester City and Tendring District area's covering Clacton and Tendring, Colchester, Harwich and Manningtree serving a population of approximately 62,773 CYP with an estimated prevalence of any MH disorder at 18.56%. 23 schools and colleges have already signed up to the programme with further schools interested.The North East Essex MHST programme targets those schools in the North East Essex in high deprivation areas. The MHSTs develop and implement the stepped care approach for mental health, so that the most effective, yet least resource intensive treatment or intervention is delivered to the CYP first, whilst helping those YP with more severe needs to access the right support, and to provide a link/onward referral to local specialist NHS CYP MH services where needed.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026628-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Sep 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 | £11,447,120 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | COLCHESTER |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode | CO4 9QR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway |
| Local authority | Colchester |
| Electoral ward | Highwoods |
| Westminster constituency | Colchester |
| Delivery location | TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2023 at 12:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026628-2023
- 21 Apr 2023 at 11:29 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011493-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home
- https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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