C316974 - Mental Health Support Services - NHS Sussex ITT

The Commissioners (NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board and Brighton and Hove City Council) are seeking to appoint suitably experienced providers, to deliver Mental Health Support Services to the populations of Brighton and Hove and of West Sussex from 1st October 2025. The provision is divided into two Lots by geography: Lot a) Brighton and Hove Lot b) West Sussex. Providers may submit a bid response to one or both lots. The Commissioners will contract with a single legal entity for each Lot (one in Brighton and Hove and one in West Sussex), responsible for delivery of all required Mental Health Support Services in each area. Providers will decide and detail within their bid/s, how to structure themselves in order to ensure successful delivery of all required services. It is anticipated that organisations will join together to form business relationships in order to bid collectively as a single legal entity, for example, as a Lead Provider/Sub-Contractor model, a form of Alliance model with a Lead Member, a Consortium and so on. The NHS Standard Contracts will be for a period of 5 years with an option (of the commissioner) to extend for a period of up to a further 24 months (5+2). The combined annual value across the two lots is £6,963,091.00, £34,815,455.00 over the 5 year duration and £48,741,637.00 should the full potential extension period be taken up. The aim of the Mental Health Support Services (MHSS) is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the adult population in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex. Mental Health Support Services will provide support to promote well-being, prevent mental ill health by intervening early and offer opportunities to pursue meaningful activities and avoid social isolation. They will also complement other services, provided by the NHS and local authorities, General Practice (GP) and Voluntary & Community Sector Enterprise (VCSE) to deliver holistic care as part of a pathway approach. MHSS have a key role in supporting delivery of national targets for mental health including reducing reliance on acute and crisis pathways and expanding access to community-based support. MHSS includes four key areas: • Provider responsibilities (governance, data reporting, system leadership, lived experience advisory group) • Community Development, prevention and promotion • Advice Information and Guidance • Getting Support Improving population mental health and wellbeing and reducing health and care inequalities is a priority for the Sussex Integrated Care System (ICS) area. Brighton and Hove and West Sussex form part of the Sussex ICS along with East Sussex (East Sussex provision is not included in this procurement). The proposed MHSS will help to deliver against the following ICS strategic priorities: • The Community Mental Health Framework describes the national vision for a place-based community mental health model to be realised, and how community services should modernise to offer whole-person health approaches at a neighbourhood level • NHS Sussex Shared Delivery Plan (SDP), Improving Lives Together, sets out the ambition across health and care in Sussex over the next five years, with the aim to improve the lives of local people by supporting them to live healthier for longer and making sure they have access to the best possible services when they need them. Recommissioning has offered an opportunity to take stock of what is currently in place and determine how best to transform delivery in a way that maximises the outcomes secured for the investment and drive integrated delivery across pathways of care. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice, procured as a 'Mixed Procurement' through the Competitive Process, 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 procurement nor any subsequent contract award. Interested providers can 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://atamis-1928.my.site.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 Invitation To Tender (ITT) documentation, 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 to be able to submit your response through Atamis. Please complete your response and return via the Atamis eTendering Portal, reference: C316974 - Mental Health Support Services - NHS Sussex ITT by 20th January 2025 at 12 noon. Additional information: This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available via the following link: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome

The Commissioners (NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board and Brighton and Hove City Council) are seeking to appoint suitably experienced providers, to deliver Mental Health Support Services to the populations of Brighton and Hove and of West Sussex from 1st October 2025. The provision is divided into two Lots by geography: Lot a) Brighton and Hove Lot b) West Sussex. Providers may submit a bid response to one or both lots. The Commissioners will contract with a single legal entity for each Lot (one in Brighton and Hove and one in West Sussex), responsible for delivery of all required Mental Health Support Services in each area. Providers will decide and detail within their bid/s, how to structure themselves in order to ensure successful delivery of all required services. It is anticipated that organisations will join together to form business relationships in order to bid collectively as a single legal entity, for example, as a Lead Provider/Sub-Contractor model, a form of Alliance model with a Lead Member, a Consortium and so on. The NHS Standard Contracts will be for a period of 5 years with an option (of the commissioner) to extend for a period of up to a further 24 months (5+2). The combined annual value across the two lots is £6,963,091.00, £34,815,455.00 over the 5 year duration and £48,741,637.00 should the full potential extension period be taken up. The aim of the Mental Health Support Services (MHSS) is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the adult population in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex. Mental Health Support Services will provide support to promote well-being, prevent mental ill health by intervening early and offer opportunities to pursue meaningful activities and avoid social isolation. They will also complement other services, provided by the NHS and local authorities, General Practice (GP) and Voluntary & Community Sector Enterprise (VCSE) to deliver holistic care as part of a pathway approach. MHSS have a key role in supporting delivery of national targets for mental health including reducing reliance on acute and crisis pathways and expanding access to community-based support. MHSS includes four key areas: • Provider responsibilities (governance, data reporting, system leadership, lived experience advisory group) • Community Development, prevention and promotion • Advice Information and Guidance • Getting Support Improving population mental health and wellbeing and reducing health and care inequalities is a priority for the Sussex Integrated Care System (ICS) area. Brighton and Hove and West Sussex form part of the Sussex ICS along with East Sussex (East Sussex provision is not included in this procurement). The proposed MHSS will help to deliver against the following ICS strategic priorities: • The Community Mental Health Framework describes the national vision for a place-based community mental health model to be realised, and how community services should modernise to offer whole-person health approaches at a neighbourhood level • NHS Sussex Shared Delivery Plan (SDP), Improving Lives Together, sets out the ambition across health and care in Sussex over the next five years, with the aim to improve the l lives of local people by supporting them to live healthier for longer and making sure they have access to the best possible services when they need them. Recommissioning has offered an opportunity to take stock of what is currently in place and determine how best to transform delivery in a way that maximises the outcomes secured for the investment and drive integrated delivery across pathways of care. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice, procured as a 'Mixed Procurement' through the Competitive Process, 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 procurement nor any subsequent contract award. Interested providers can 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://atamis-1928.my.site.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 Invitation To Tender (ITT) documentation, 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 to be able to submit your response through Atamis. Please complete your response and return via the Atamis eTendering Portal, reference: C316974 - Mental Health Support Services - NHS Sussex ITT by 20th January 2025 at 12 noon. Additional information: This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available via the following link: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome