The provision of an RSI Psychotherapy service for current and former rough sleepers

Concepts

• department of community and children's services of the city of london
• health and social work
• provision of an rsi psychotherapy service
• borough service of three psychotherapists
• children's services
• tri-borough service
• rsi psychotherapy service
• rough sleeper numbers
• aims of the service
• norm of psychotherapy services

Location

Description

The Department of Community and Children's Services of the City of London wishes to commission a Service Provider to provide an RSI Psychotherapy service for current and former rough sleepers The aims of the service are to help rough sleepers face past trauma, manage anxiety and begin to exercise the freedom of choice they have, while learning to take responsibility in their current situations. For 2022-25, the City, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Hackney have developed a new partnership to commission a tri-borough service of three Psychotherapists (including a women's specialist worker) and a Service Manager. The Service Manager will be responsible for developing and sharing this new accessible and flexible model, which challenges the norm of psychotherapy services and operates without the barriers many such services face. The numbers of individuals who will benefit from the tri-borough psychotherapy service over the three-year period across all three boroughs are: 2023: 180 2024: 220 2025: 260 There will be an expectation that the service will contribute to the decrease in Rough Sleeper numbers in each of the authority areas over the next 3 years, whilst continuing to support those that come off the streets to maintain their accommodation and not return to the streets. The full requirements of the Service are set out in the procurement documents, particularly the Service Specification - available from: https://www.capitalesourcing.com The duration of the contract is 36 months, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the contract by up to 24 months. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 50 months subject to performance and funding availability. The total value of this service (including extensions) is £1,410,505. Organisations should be aware that due to the contract value (of the Service), any contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their tender, where appropriate.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'CapitaleSourcing' (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. This is a one stage procurement process; therefore, suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a tender submission no later than 12.00 on 22.06.2022 in order to participate. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline. The estimated value given is for the full duration of the contract (including extensions), which is up to £1,410,505 The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators. The Service advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the contracting authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement process that will apply to the Service is specified in the procurement documents accordingly. … Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital eSourcing system. Link to eSourcing Portal http://www.capitalesourcing.com