NHS North East London - Market engagement for Individual Placement and Support Services (IPS) procurement for people with severe mental illness

Concepts

• recruitment services
• severe mental illness
• mental
• illness
• severe
• people
• health and social work
• potential service providers
• support services
• icb

Location

Description

NHS North East London (NEL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) the 'ICB' is seeking to procure Individual Placement and Support services (IPS) in the following locations: • Lot 1 - London Borough of Newham • Lot 2 - London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest The contracts will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months) at the discretion of the commissioner. Contracts to be procured: Lot 1 - Newham • The contract will commence from April of 2024. • The contract value is £308,432 annually or £ £1,542,160 over 5 years. • To deliver IPS access to 160 people in 2024/25, 240 people in 2025/26 and 330 in 2026/27 Lot 2 - Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest • The contract will commence from April of 2024. • The contract value is £ £893,975 annually or £4,469,875 over 5 years. • To deliver IPS access to 596 people per annum This is a Prior Information notice to inform potential providers that the ICB intends to undertake a competitive Tender process to procure the aforementioned contracts. The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market of a possible procurement. In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this PIN. Any future procurement activity in relation to the services that are the subject of this PIN may be the subject of a separate notice. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of potential service providers. In such circumstances, and in any event, NHS England, the ICB or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by the respondent and company, agent, subsidiary or organisation may have contributed to any response submitted to this notice.

CPV Codes

• 79600000 - Recruitment services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Please use the link provided above to reach Procontract e-tendering portal which will allow Bidders to express interest and add themselves onto the project page. Access to the tender documents will be made available once the ITT is published. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1aa475f4-c366-ee11-8124-005056... Please use the link provided above to view the project timeline. The ICB invites interested Providers to provide feedback on the procurement. In order to assist the ICB with testing its assumptions and proposed service requirements, we ask that interested organisations submit responses to the market engagement questionnaire using the above link. Please complete and submit the feedback by 5 pm on 16 October 2023. https://forms.office.com/e/YVFV1FZHv7