Mental Health services
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The recent procurement process for mental health services emphasised by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust focuses on the award of a contract for psychiatrist or psychologist services in Middlesbrough, within the UKC1 region. The process is at the award stage, having been initiated through a limited procurement method without the publication of a prior call for competition, under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The contract is planned to commence on 1st July 2025, with a three-year term and the possibility of two additional years.
This initiative relates to enhancing existing mental health service pathways in South Tees and North Tees, aligned with current BACP guidelines to ensure continuity of care. This contract represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in mental health services to support South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in maintaining high-quality, accessible care. Targeting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in psychiatric or psychological care, the contract is ideally suited for providers aiming to expand their influence and service delivery in the healthcare sector.
Alliance Psychological Services Limited, a local SME, has already been actively engaged in the region, exemplifying the type of business well-positioned to thrive in this procurement environment.
The supplier is currently supporting both South Tees (STH) and North Tees (NTH), the subject of mental health and associated pathways are extremely contentious. The BACP guidelines indicate to transfer care of patients to a new provider once treatment has commenced is likely to cause harm to the patients. The provider has a trusted relationship with both trust providing high quality mental health care, the supplier is able to deliver the services required within the estate already allocated to the OH service enabling our workforce to receive the care they need locally causing the least disruption to both patient care and trust services.
Providing a single service to the group model is an underpinning aspect of the people plan and more. Given the sickness absence rate related to mental health is continually in the top 3 sickness reasons, it is essential we maintain a high-quality accessible service, while also using the opportunity to enhance our service offer to the workforce. The overarching goal is to implement a single service across both trusts whilst with the incumbent provider of the services.
This award will be for a 3 year term, with two optional additional years.
The estimated start date for the contract will be 1st July 2025.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20th May 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. This will be completed via Direct Award C to the existing/current provider of the services.<br/><br/>Conflicts of interest -There are no perceived conflicts of interest amongst the decision makers of the award. This included the management from Occupational Health & Wellbeing.
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