---
title: "Mental Health Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Support Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045701"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-05-02"
---

# Mental Health Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Support Services

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045701

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## Summary

The Essex County Council is planning a procurement process for Mental Health Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Support Services. The virtual market engagement event is scheduled for Wednesday 15th May 2024 at 11:00am. Interested parties must register by Monday 13th May 2024 to receive the MS Teams invitation. The session aims to update the market on current services, share initial thinking, and assess market interest.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services industry to provide Mental Health IPS Employment Support Services to Essex County Council. The procurement process is currently at the planning stage, allowing potential suppliers to engage early in the process. Businesses interested in mental health services and employment support are encouraged to participate and register for the market engagement event.

## Notice

This Prior Information Notice is being issued to inform the market that Essex County Council will be hosting a virtual market engagement event on MS Teams on Wednesday 15th May 2024 at 11:00am to discuss the upcoming re-procurement of the Mental Health Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Support Services . Any interested parties should register an interest to attend this event and email Lorna.Venters@essex.gov.uk by 12noon on Monday 13th May 2024, with your contact (email) details in order to receive the MS Teams invitation to the event. The Authority wish to limit attendance to a maximum of two people from the same organisation. Attendance or non-attendance does not bestow an advantage or disadvantage on any provider when the competitive tender process commences later this year. Please note that the decision of whether or not the contract will be divided into Lots has yet to be determined.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The session on 15th May 2024 aims to cover discussions about the mental health employment services that Essex County Council currently commissions. The objectives of this event are to: * Update the market on our current services * Share some of our initial thinking and our timeline * Help us understand the level of market interest in the service * Provide potential suppliers an opportunity to ask us questions The publication of this Notice does NOT represent a commencement of the tender process, an attempt to reduce overall tender timescales, a call for competition or a partial release of the tender documentation.

Renewal: To be advised later in the year.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014269-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 21 Sep 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| 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 | TLH3 Essex |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 2 May 2024 at 16:45 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014269-2024

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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