Individual Placement Support

Concepts

• individual placement and support services
• health and social work
• worcester
• individual placement support
• support services
• employment support
• individual placement service
• time-limited individual placement
• individual placement
• provider of an individual placement service

Location

Herefordshire:

Description

Requirement for Individual Placement Support (IPS) service for Herefordshire. Individual Placement and Support Services has been identified by both DWP and NHS England as a promising intervention to address unemployment in mental health. The service will deliver time-limited individual placement by providing employment support via an Employment Specialist, in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Providers would be expected to provide a Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm Service, excluding Bank Holidays, however it is expected that there will be flexibility in the hours to accommodate the needs of service users. The Employment Specialist will work as part of an integrated member of a nominated Team, Recovery Team or Early Intervention Team. The levels of activity we would expect from the provider of an Individual Placement Service would be to accept 100% of referrals to the service.

Total Quantity or Scope

Proposed contract length of 2 years, with an option to extend for three further twelve month periods. Herefordshire is located within the West Midlands and has a population of 192,214 and an area size of 2,180 km2. Suppliers are required to submit an expression of interest in any future tender process. Suppliers are required to follow the instructions below once they have clicked on the link in the advert in section ‘I.3) Communication’ of the Pin Notice. 1. Log in to the EU Supply e-tendering system 2. ‘Accept’ (expression of interest) . Or if you have previously logged into the EU Supply e-tendering system and clicked ‘Accept’ (expression of interest), login and click ‘go to quotes/tender’ 3. On this page you can: View quote/tender and Assign user access 4. In the "My response section" towards the bottom of the page there is a section for 'Qualification questions' 5. Click 'answer questions' and respond to confirm your interest 6. Once you have answered the questions click 'save and back' 7. Click ‘Submit response’ (highlighted in blue)

Renewal Options

contract period of 24 months followed by the option to extend for three further twelve month periods.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

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