ICB Funded Short Breaks - Children and Young People

Concepts

• ipswich
• health services
• north east essex integrated care board
• short breaks - children
• short break
• short break.the short breaks
• short breaks
• young person’s mental health needs
• children
• young people

Location

West and East Suffolk

Description

The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are inviting Providers to apply to deliver services to support children and young people with a diagnosis of a learning disabilities and/or who are autistic with coexisting significant mental health needs to access a short break.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are inviting Providers to apply to deliver services to support children and young people with a diagnosis of a learning disabilities and/or who are autistic with coexisting significant mental health needs to access a short break.The short breaks offer for children and young people with a diagnosis of a learning disabilities and/or who are autistic with coexisting significant mental health needs, funded by the SNEE ICB, is designed to add additionality to existing short breaks or to provide bespoke short breaks that provide the additional support for the child or young person’s mental health needs that will ensure they remain safe and well in their community. The service specification outlines a variety of ways in which Providers could support this service, including but not limited to: -The delivery of bespoke packages that deliver short breaks, -Additional intermittent support to ensure that children and young people can continue to access short breaks when their mental health needs increase-An assessment short break.-Additional support to allow children and/or young people to access a short break without having to rely on their family to support their mental health needs.The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board would welcome applications from any Provider who could deliver traditional and / or innovative short breaks which would improve the experience of children, young people and their parent, carers and families.The Contract will be for a term of 36 months (3 years), with the possibility of extending the term for a period of 24 additional months (2 years) beyond the initial contracted duration by agreement between the Authority and the Applicant. The aggregate contract value is £880,000.00. across the potential 5 years, but this is the total potential spend on all short break packages, which will be allocated on an individual placement basis.If you are interested in this opportunity, please access the documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home.Register or login to In-tend and then select the tenders (current) tab, select the ICB Funded Short Breaks and click on express interest. This will register your interest and allow you access to the procurement documentation. The closing date for this opportunity is 12:00 (noon) 7th July 2023

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Services to which this Procurement relate fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020). As such, the procurement of the Services is to be conducted as a process akin to the Open procedure. The Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services. The Authority may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract (Contract modifications). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).