Mental Health services
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The procurement process outlined in this document pertains to the award of a contract for mental health services by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The contract is focused on psychiatrist or psychologist services, classified under the CPV code 85121270, within the healthcare industry category. The contract aims to establish a single service across both South Tees and North Tees trusts to deliver high-quality mental health care with minimal disruption.
The procurement is at the award stage with an active status, and the contract is expected to commence on 1st July 2025, lasting three years with options for two additional years. The procurement method used is a direct award without a prior call for competition, and the decision is guided by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This tender provides substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for companies specialising in healthcare services that can offer comprehensive mental health solutions.
Businesses that already have an established relationship with the NHS and a track record of delivering such services would be well-suited to compete, particularly those capable of maintaining continuity of care for patients. The procurement offers a stable contractual period, enabling participating businesses to plan long-term strategies and enhance their service offerings within the community, thus fostering sustained business development and potential expansions in related services. Alliance Psychological Services Limited, a small-to-medium enterprise, is the intended supplier under this award, underscoring opportunities for SMEs in this sector.
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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