NEL ICB-Individual Placement Support (IPS) Newham, BHR and Waltham Forest - Multi-Lots:

• Value: £5M

Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest The aim of this Mental Health Individual Placement Service and Mental Health employment service is to support people to gain appropriate employment. The Provider must: • Support people with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who want to work by providing education and training to develop job seeking skills, while supporting their job search and placement • Develop skills and capability within employers, employment services, other settings such as colleges and mental health services to better understand mental health and employment issues so they can more effectively support people with mental health problems • Develop partnership working between public, private and voluntary sector organisations to work together to support people with mental health problems, building whole system capacity • Lead by example as an employer of people with lived experience of mental health problems The provider of this service will offer an open, flexible and responsive range of opportunities to people who have SMI. A wide range of approaches and interventions will be offered by the successful organisation. The service will deliver person-centred support to adults with SMI to gain paid employment. Services will be provided on the basis that each person using the service is an individual, with their own strengths, needs, life experiences, beliefs, aspirations, friendship and support networks. Therefore, to establish an effective relationship, services must be person-centred and outcome-focused. Assumptions should be avoided, as should taking a 'one size fits all' approach when considering how to engage with individuals or how to offer or deliver support. The approach will give consideration of gender, race disability or sexuality and depends on organisational culture. Staff should be supported to ensure they have the appropriate training, and approach towards the people they are supporting. NEL ICB is procuring IPS and Employment Support Services for BHR and Waltham Forest Additional information: The Contract is expected to commence on 1st July 2023 for an initial period 9 months and 2 years. The Contract may be extended for an additional period of up to two years, at the sole discretion of the Authority. Lot 1:The total contract value for lot 1 for the 9 months and 4 years is £4,517,367.50 The Contract is expected to commence on 01 July 2023, with the possible deadline for delivery of the service being 30 June 2028. Bidders are requested to review the content of the ITT guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the ITT via the e-tendering portal (ProContract). ITT documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal: https://proContract.due-north.com/register Any reference to "the e-tendering portal" should be considered reflective of the above web address. The ITT has been issued through the e-tendering portal. All Bidders wishing to participate must complete and submit Bids that comply with the requirements set out in the Document 1 - ITT Guidance Document. Bidders are required to complete the online questionnaire on ProContract and upload any attachments as indicated before the deadline for submission of bids specified in the ITT document. The project on ProContract Portal can be accessed by clicking the following link: -(https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=109c80d3-306f-ed11-811c-005056b64545) The deadline for the submission of tender is 14:00 Thursday - 25 January 2023. The deadline for any clarification questions is 16 January 2023. All clarification questions must be submitted via the messaging facility on Pro-contract.

• Value: £1M

Borough of Newham: The aim of this Mental Health Individual Placement Service and Mental Health employment service is to support people to gain appropriate employment. The Provider must: • Support people with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who want to work by providing education and training to develop job seeking skills, while supporting their job search and placement • Develop skills and capability within employers, employment services, other settings such as colleges and mental health services to better understand mental health and employment issues so they can more effectively support people with mental health problems • Develop partnership working between public, private and voluntary sector organisations to work together to support people with mental health problems, building whole system capacity • Lead by example as an employer of people with lived experience of mental health problems. The provider of this service will offer an open, flexible and responsive range of opportunities to people who have SMI. A wide range of approaches and interventions will be offered by the successful organisation. The service will deliver person-centred support to adults with SMI to gain paid employment. Services will be provided on the basis that each person using the service is an individual, with their own strengths, needs, life experiences, beliefs, aspirations, friendship and support networks. Therefore, to establish an effective relationship, services must be person-centred and outcome-focused. Assumptions should be avoided, as should taking a 'one size fits all' approach when considering how to engage with individuals or how to offer or deliver support. The approach will give consideration of gender, race disability or sexuality and depends on organisational culture. Staff should be supported to ensure they have the appropriate training, and approach towards the people they are supporting. NEL ICB is procuring IPS and Employment Support Services for Newham Additional information: The Contract is expected to commence on 1st July 2023 for an initial period 9 months and 2 years. The Contract may be extended for an additional period of up to two years, at the sole discretion of the Authority. Lot 2: The total contract value for lot 2 for the 9 months and 4 years is £1,419,300 The Contract is expected to commence on 01 July 2023, with the possible deadline for delivery of the service being 30 June 2028. Bidders are requested to review the content of the ITT guidance document carefully, register their organisation, and express their interest in the ITT via the e-tendering portal (ProContract). ITT documentation can be accessed following initial registration and expression of interest via the e-tendering portal: https://proContract.due-north.com/register Any reference to "the e-tendering portal" should be considered reflective of the above web address. The ITT has been issued through the e-tendering portal. All Bidders wishing to participate must complete and submit Bids that comply with the requirements set out in the Document 1 - ITT Guidance Document. Bidders are required to complete the online questionnaire on ProContract and upload any attachments as indicated before the deadline for submission of bids specified in the ITT document. The project on ProContract Portal can be accessed by clicking the following link: -(https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=109c80d3-306f-ed11-811c-005056b64545) The deadline for the submission of tender is 14:00 Thursday - 25 January 2023. The deadline for any clarification questions is 16 January 2023. All clarification questions must be submitted via the messaging facility on Pro-contract.