Stigma Free Lanarkshire Programme

Concepts

• health and social work
• bothwell
• mental health stigma
• nhs lanarkshire health board
• stigma free lanarkshire programme
• nhs lanarkshire
• lanarkshire recovery network partners
• lanarkshire recovery network
• lanarkshire
• stigma

Location

Lanarkshire Wide

Description

1.1. NHS Lanarkshire Health Board, a statutory body constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Board”), wishes to procure a Stigma Free Lanarkshire service. The successful bidder will work to influence change in attitudes and behaviours within health and social care to end mental health stigma and discrimination in Lanarkshire.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Lanarkshire’s Health Improvement department wish to commission an organisation to develop and deliver: Work across the NHS Lanarkshire area which challenges mental health stigma and discrimination. This work will: a) empower people with lived experience of mental health issues to share their personal stories and experiences to instil hope in others and encourage their participation in their local communities. b) increase awareness and understanding of the realities of mental health stigma and discrimination across the four key areas (Health & Social Care, Education & Young People, Communities & Workplace) to dispel myths and shine a light on the real impact on the lives of individuals. This will be underpinned by the values and ethos of ‘Rights for Life’ together with the lived experience. c) work directly with identified target groups to educate and support their understanding of mental health problems and explore the potential and uniqueness of recovery. d) continue to work in partnership with See Me and Lanarkshire Recovery Network partners to draw on wider expertise whilst sharing skills, knowledge, learning and good practice. e) build partnerships in order to influence inclusion of stigma and discrimination in strategies and plans including procurement and commissioning, prevention plans, improvement plans, local outcome agreement plans.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=748179. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits Clauses It is a mandatory requirement that potential framework participants agree to support the concept, provision and ongoing development of community benefits provision in relation to this framework. Potential framework participants are required to agree to this mandatory requirement. They are also requested to provide a brief summary of the community benefits that have recently been delivered within Scotland, if at all, and also what impact and outcomes these have achieved. Potential framework participants are required to summarise any proposed community benefits that will be developed and delivered as part of this contract if successful or, alternatively, potential framework participants confirm that they will engage with the NHS Scotland’s Community Benefits Gateway (CBG). This gateway, developed through requests from suppliers seeking opportunities to support the delivery of community benefits within the contracting region, provides information on community benefit opportunities. The CBG is a free and easy to use online service that connects NHS Scotland suppliers with third sector community organisations within Scotland and will be used for tracking and reporting and is an approved compliant route to the realisation of community benefits. For further information please visit NHSS Community Benefit Gateway (SC Ref:748179) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=748179