NHS England Health & Justice South East - Children and Young Person's Framework for Integrated Care Community Services (Thames Valley)

Concepts

• bristol
• medical specialist
• community health
• vulnerable children
• children
• young people
• integrated care community services
• integrated care
• young persons framework
• integrated local trauma-informed systems

Location

Description

NHS England Health & Justice South East (NHSE) is seeking to commission a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver the Children and Young Persons Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) Community Service in the Thames valley area. The service is to be delivered in three areas of the Thames Valley region (Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) and needs to consist of: • A service that offers a clinical screening, assessment and professional consultancy resource to other teams and practitioners (e.g. social care, education, youth offending teams (YOTs)) in the area regarding referrals of vulnerable children with complex needs at risk of contact with the criminal justice system. The service will also advise teams and services on onward referrals of children to other appropriate services in the area. • A youth worker service, providing ongoing face to face support and engagement to a small caseload of children and young people with complex needs referred by the screening and assessment service The service will need to facilitate integrated local trauma-informed systems that enable vulnerable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The Service will need to be characterised by a close level of integration between the clinical delivery and youth work delivery. The contract term will be 4 years, with a total contract value of £6,788,000. The contract will commence on 1st April 2025. TUPE will apply. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

CPV Codes

• 85121200 - Medical specialist services
• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.