Cornwall and IoS Mental Health Transformation Programme

Concepts

• health services
• bodmin
• voluntary community, and social enterprise
• vcse
• cornwall
• mental health
• mental health support
• ios mental health transformation programme
• mental health pathway
• serious mental illness

Location

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly:

Description

The NHS in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly are undertaking a programme of work which includes commissioning/recommissioning an enhanced range of community mental health (CMH) services across the mental health pathway, particularly those typically delivered by the Voluntary Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice and relates only to a pre-procurement market engagement exercise.The NHS in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly are undertaking a programme of work which includes commissioning/recommissioning an enhanced range of community mental health (CMH) services across the mental health pathway, particularly those typically delivered by the Voluntary Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. This pre-procurement exercise will allow commissioners to engage directly and collaboratively with potential providers to aid with service and procurement process design, as well as to determine the level of provider interest.A list of possible in-scope services is provided below, but this is currently under consideration, and may be reduced or enhanced, as the engagement and planning process develops:• Community mental health support• Support for people with complex emotional difficulties• Support for people with an eating disorder• Support to ensure completion of annual physical health checks for people with serious mental illness• Community rehabilitation• Support for older people’s mental health needs• Support for young adults’ mental health needs• Inpatients (support during and post admission)• Crisis mental health supportServices relating to: counselling, wellbeing, community activities, bereavement and employment support are also under considerationThe objectives for the programme include:• Developing a new MH model across primary and secondary care• Redesigning and integrating CMH services around Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Integrated Care Areas (ICAs).• Enabling integration and collaboration between primary care, secondary care, VCSE organisations, Local Authority partners and Service Users.• Improving patient experience and outcomes as the system would be providing the right holistic support at the right time from the best placed organisation/s enabling a positive and personalised recovery journeyThe total anticipated contract value for all in-scope services is approximately £1 million - £1.6 million per annum, the contract term is expected to be 3 years, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years, and it is currently anticipated that contracts will commence on 1st April 2023. Please note that all of these are subject to change.The Commissioner will be holding a series of market engagement events/activities to:• Engage with potential providers and understand provider interest in delivering in-scope services.• Help enable providers to participate in the process.• Inform development of service specification/s and collaborative service delivery options.• Help shape the commissioning and contracting processAn initial market briefing event will be held virtually over MS Teams in the afternoon of Wednesday 13th July 2022. As plans develop, further events may follow in the form of workshops and / or provider 1-2-1 meetings.If you wish to express an interest and attend the briefing event, please register on the eProcurement system Atamis (see later section), download and complete the market engagement questionnaire and return via the Atamis correspondence function. Further information in relation to the event will be released nearer the time to those who express interest.This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: If you are interested in taking part in the market engagement process, please express an interest via Atamis.If you are not already registered on the system you will need to do so before you can fully access the opportunity. On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** You will first need to register by following the link below and selecting ‘Register here’.http://health.atamis.co.uk/.Once registered, you will be able to search for the ‘Cornwall Mental Health Transformation Programme’ opportunity and obtain access to the market engagement questionnaire. Please complete and return the questionnaire by 5pm on Wednesday 6th July 2022.This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit commissioners or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. Commissioners are looking to establish what interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified, capable and competent organisations.Commissioners will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).