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title: "Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000697539"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (\"NSS\")"
published: "2023-02-20"
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# Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000697539

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## Summary

The Common Services Agency (NHS National Services Scotland) awarded a contract for the project "Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge" on February 20, 2023. The procurement process aimed to bring innovative solutions to deliver person-centred and equitable mental health support. The contract, valued at £150,000, was awarded to Red Star Consulting Ltd, Sentireal, Wysa Ltd, Voxsio, and MyHelp Ltd. The contract's active status signifies completed award and ongoing service delivery.

This procurement opportunity presents a chance to contribute disruptive innovative solutions towards sustainable and accessible mental health services provision in Scotland. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in mental health, technology, and healthcare are well-suited to compete. The active tender period and open procurement method provide an opportunity for diverse businesses to engage in R&D activities that address crucial mental health challenges and deliver impactful solutions for the community.

## Notice

***THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE TO CONCLUDE THE PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT OF THE COMPETITION DETAILED BELOW. THIS IS NOT A NEW COMPETITION. CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED BETWEEN NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE AND THE WINNING PARTICIPANTS.*** This Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) award, which will fund a Phase 1 feasibility study R&D contracts to bring innovative solutions that will deliver person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services for people in Scotland. This is a Pre-Commercial Procurement funded by The Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP) and Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Directorate. The Test Bed environment is provided by one of three Regional Test Beds within NHS Scotland Health Boards. The aim of this award is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that will deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services. The solution will support people who are not currently receiving treatment and address the backlog of patients on waiting lists and/or delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Contracts are between NHS Golden Jubilee and winning participants. Phase 1 projects range in size up to total costs of 30,000 GBP inclusive of VAT. The aim of this award was to develop disruptive innovative solutions that deliver sustainable, accessible and equitable mental health services, addressing one or more of the following areas: -Young persons challenge -Hard to reach populations (people with existing mental health conditions and/or people with a co-occurring condition e.g. sensory loss, alcohol, or substance issues) -Patient centred care pathways -Treatment resistant conditions -Prioritisation of backlog Addressing one of the challenge areas below. In phase 1, must: -demonstrate the technical feasibility of your proposed innovation -establish ongoing collaboration between technical and clinical members of the project team -formalise any required ethical approvals, data sharing agreements and contracts -begin working with clinical data. Bids were welcome that bring together sector specialists. The aim of this award is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that address: Challenge A - Supporting people who are not currently receiving treatment and addressing the backlog of patients on waiting lists. The themes and priority areas below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive. Innovation themes: -Supported self-management. -Diagnosis and assessment. -Digital psychological interventions, e.g. formal evidence based psychological treatments / interventions; just-in-time adaptive interventions. -Information, advice and self-help (this is not about creating new interventions, rather focusing on maximising what we currently have) -Transdiagnostic processes - issues that are present across disorders e.g. sleep, rumination, social avoidance, pain. Priority Areas: -Neurodevelopmental difficulties in Children and Young People -Able Autistic Group -Post-traumatic stress disorder -People with low levels of activity and promoting exercise as an intervention. -Hard to reach populations (people with existing mental health conditions and/or people with a co-occurring condition e.g. sensory loss, alcohol, or substance issues) -Eating disorders - Low weight/ anorexia (this patient group has seen a 240% increase in referrals since routine services opened up again following the first Covid lockdown period.) -Young people and innovation in schools Challenge B - Delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways. The themes and priority areas below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive. Innovation themes: -Digital pathway enhancements including asynchronous approaches (Before referral, at triage, whilst awaiting first appointment, during treatment, after discharge, communication between services, person-centred care planning.) This could include information, advice and self-help; and/or collection of clinical information, eg, from inventories to inform assessment/care. -Remote monitoring, including medication monitoring, collection of patient reported outcome data from digital products to help tailor care to needs of people with ongoing mental health challenges; and collection and analysis of data from multiple agencies that may indicate deteriorating mental health in adults or risk in children and young people. -Novel approaches to identify new therapeutic and technological opportunities for treatment resistant mental health problems. Priority Areas -Keeping people at home - e.g. innovation opportunities linked to the Intensive Home Treatment model -Maintaining connections with home for inpatient care Contracts have be given to successful applicants.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB471691 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £180,000 |
| Lots value | £180,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £150,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS") |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 5 |
| Supplier names | MYHELP; RED STAR CONSULTING; SENTIREAL; VOXSIO; WYSA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33195000 - Patient-monitoring system
- 72212610 - Database software development services
- 73120000 - Experimental development services
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
- 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

## Release History

- 20 Feb 2023 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB471691
- 22 Jun 2022 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN451990

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=17
  23rd September 2022 - Communication to advise on changes to Key Dates
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=16
  10th August 2022 - Mental Health Challenge Q&A from 9th August 2022 Event
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=15
  2nd August 2022 - Email addresses for Test Bed Contacts for Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland SBRI
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=14
  28th July 2022 - Mental Health Challenge Q&A from 27th July 2022 event
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=13
  20th July 2022 - List of Applicant's Questions with Responses
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=12
  19th July 2022 - Advance Notice - Q&A Sessions
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=10
  13th July 2022 - List of Applicant's Questions with Responses
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=11
  13th July 2022 - List of Applicant's Questions with Responses
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=9
  6th July 2022 - Powerpoint presentation on SBRI Process
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=8
  6th July 2022 - A recording of the briefing event for the SBRI competition.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=1
  22nd June 2022 - Guide on SBRI Challenge and Process
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=2
  22nd June 2022 - Document providing details of the Challenge Brief
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=3
  22nd June 2022 - Application Form - Applicants must complete and submit through Postbox
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=4
  22nd June 2022 - Finance Excel Template - Applicants must complete and submit through Postbox
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=5
  22nd June 2022 - Guidance on Postbox for suppliers
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=6
  22nd June 2022 - Challenge Contract
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN451990&idx=7
  22nd June 2022 - For information. Successful applicants will need to complete once phase 1 has been concluded.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN451990
  Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge - This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition, which will fund a Phase 1 feasibility study R&D contracts in the region of 180,000 GBP, inclusive of VAT to bring innovative solutions that will deliver person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services for people in Scotland. This is a Pre-Commercial Procurement Challenge competition funded by The Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP) and Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Directorate. The Test Bed environment is provided by one of three Regional Test Beds within NHS Scotland Health Boards. The aim of this competition is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that will deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services. The solution will support people who are not currently receiving treatment and address the backlog of patients on waiting lists and/or delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB471691
  Innovating Mental Health Services in Scotland - SBRI Innovation Challenge - ***THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE TO CONCLUDE THE PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT OF THE COMPETITION DETAILED BELOW. THIS IS NOT A NEW COMPETITION. CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED BETWEEN NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE AND THE WINNING PARTICIPANTS.*** This Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) award, which will fund a Phase 1 feasibility study R&D contracts to bring innovative solutions that will deliver person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services for people in Scotland. This is a Pre-Commercial Procurement funded by The Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP) and Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Directorate. The Test Bed environment is provided by one of three Regional Test Beds within NHS Scotland Health Boards. The aim of this award is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that will deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services. The solution will support people who are not currently receiving treatment and address the backlog of patients on waiting lists and/or delivering person-centred and equitable Mental Health support and services to people who are currently receiving treatment by optimising clinical and social care pathways.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000697539
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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