Enhanced Care Unit

Toucan West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative covers a population of children and young people within the West Midlands commissioned CAMHS geographical footprint (inclusive of any Natural Clinical Flows into Region from bordering Provider Collaboratives). <br/><br/>Children and young people inclusive of ages 13 to 17 (with those under 13 considered on a case-by-case basis) who are registered and registrant with a GP in the West Midlands presenting with acute mental illness requiring PICU level psychiatric care. This will include those young people with diagnosed co-morbid Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or eating disorders (ED) and be inclusive of a requirement for nasogastric (NG) interventions.<br/><br/>Service Aims: <br/>* The service will offer an enhanced therapeutic environment and level of care. The clinical model will be trauma responsive, sensory adjusted to provide autism sensitive care <br/>* and will be skilled to work with a diagnosis where disordered eating features are a risk factor. <br/>* Deliver an intensive level of care, through specialist care planning and risk assessment with a skilled MDT. The service aim is ensuring that young people are stepped down as soon as clinically appropriate from highly restrictive levels of care. <br/>* The service aims to provide a specialist inpatient option for young people in a clinical pathway of care for young people who might otherwise be referred to a Low Secure pathway of care due to a lack of suitable options. ECU will prevent unnecessary escalation by offering intensive, needs-led support in a less restrictive environment.<br/><br/>Award Criteria:<br/>Basic Selection Criteria - Pass/Fail or For Information only<br/>Quality and Innovation - 35.00%<br/>Value - Pass/Fail <br/>Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 20.00%<br/>Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 25.00%<br/>Social Value - 10.00%<br/>Unseen Presentation - 10.00%<br/><br/>The evaluation process covers a number of discrete stages which are outlined in Document 1 at 27.2.1. Evaluators will score answers for each question as either pass or fail or using a scale of 0-5 (where 0 is unacceptable and 5 is excellent) for scored questions as above and detailed within Document 1 at 27.3.2. Evaluations will be carried out by a panel made up of representatives ("evaluators") from Commissioners and their advisors. Additional information: 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 (as amended). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023, save for those requirements detailed in regulation 28 of the Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025, do not apply to this award. In addition, neither the placement of this notice nor any subsequent notice shall bind the Commissioner to the award of any contract.<br/><br/>Providers wishing to bid for this opportunity should access the eProcurement portal, as detailed below, where they can find submission requirements and relevant information of the services. Providers should read the instructions carefully before compiling their submission. Providers must submit their bid via the eTendering portal only.<br/><br/>To access the relevant documentation relating to this opportunity, please follow the instructions below on how to access the eTendering portal:<br/>1) Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register (if your organisation has not registered previously)<br/>2) Once registered, login to the system and look for Quote/tender "C391749 - Enhanced Care Unit"