Coming up· published 12 Jun 2025
Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Maidstone, South East
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 08:29
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 12 June 2025. The notice number is 031745-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-054737. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning a procurement process titled "Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement," which falls under the health services category. The process is currently in the planning stage and pertains to the services procurement category.
Primarily catering to the regions UKJ4 and UKJ41, this procurement initiative is targeted at improving support services for adults with severe mental illness through employment integration. A virtual market engagement event is scheduled between 09:30 and 10:30 on 26th June 2025, with a registration deadline of 24th June 2025.
The procurement process promises an initial contract term of three years, with a potential extension of two years, and is underpinned by a legal basis identified by CELEX Code 32014L0024.
The notice in full
***This advert is for market engagement only***
The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to advertise market engagement for a future Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service.
The Commissioner intends to hold a virtual market engagement event.
This event will be the formal opportunity for providers interested in delivering Individualised Placement and Support Service in Kent and Medway to hear about the future contracting model. There will also be an overview of the competitive process that will take place and the indicative timescales. The contract term will be three years, with a two year extension option.
The financial envelope will be discussed during the market engagement event.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
***This advert is for market engagement only***
The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to advertise market engagement for a future Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service.
The Commissioner intends to hold a virtual market engagement event.
This event will be the formal opportunity for providers interested in delivering Individualised Placement and Support Service in Kent and Medway to hear about the future contracting model. There will also be an overview of the competitive process that will take place and the indicative timescales. The contract term will be three years, with a two year extension option.
The financial envelope will be discussed during the market engagement event.
IPS (Individualised Placement and Support) is a service commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway for the adult (18+) population of Kent and Medway with a severe mental illness. IPS offers intensive, individually tailored support to help people to choose and find the right job, with ongoing support for the employer and employee to help ensure the person keeps their job.
IPS uses a personalised and strength-based approach to support people to find a job of their choosing and aims to help people find paid jobs within just weeks of being referred to the service and will continue to work with both employer and employee to sustain the job placement for as long as possible, or to help the client into a different job.
IPS directly tackles the lack of integration of healthcare and employment services and the disconnection of different specialists by integrating employment specialists into health teams.
It is based on eight evidenced based principles. These include a focus on competitive employment, rather than volunteering or sheltered work; zero exclusion, open to all who want to work; and close integration between employment specialists and health teams.
IPS is a nationally mandated service for the ICB to commission and is supported by a fidelity model that providers must comply with and are independently assessed against.
The virtual market engagement event will take place between 09:30am and 10:30am on Thursday 26th June 2025.
Upon registration and completion of the online questionnaire, a link to the virtual meeting will be provided. Additional information: To register to attend the event and access further details please go to the following
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, register on the system as appropriate.
Access project Ref No. C368531 'Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Service Market Engagement' and complete the short questionnaire to register your attendance.
Please register by 5pm on 24th June 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 031745-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054737
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Maidstone
- Town
- Rochester
- Postcode
- ME15 6NB
- Electoral ward
- High Street
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Delivery area
- Kent, TLJ41 Medway
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Mid Kent
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Lindsay Gamlin
- Address
- Maidstone, ME15 6NB · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement
When will the Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement tender open?
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement?
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, based in Maidstone, South East. The named contact is Lindsay Gamlin.
How do I bid for Kent and Medway Individualised Placement and Support Market Engagement?
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