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Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Ipswich, East
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is inviting bids for Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 08:07
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 11:38
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is inviting bids for Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness. It is a contract for other health and social care in Ipswich. The estimated value is £868,948.
Find a Tender published it on 10 June 2025. The notice number is 031234-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0544eb. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is overseeing the procurement of Suffolk Individual Placement and Support services for individuals with severe mental health illness. This initiative falls under the health services category and is planned to operate within the Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk localities, classified as UKH14.
The procurement stage is currently in planning, with a forthcoming tender process subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The budget for this service is set at £868,948 per annum, with a communication date anticipated on 1st August 2025. Queries for market engagement responses are expected by 17:00 on 27th June 2025, demonstrating the timeline's extension from an earlier communicated deadline.
Organisations capable of delivering innovative solutions for job retention and sustainable employment for individuals with severe mental health conditions are highly encouraged to engage. Providers can leverage existing expertise in building employer relationships and managing patient prioritisation to enhance service delivery outcomes.
The notice in full
The IPS service is for adults with mental health needs and adults who have vocational needs or aspirations to gain employment. The target group for these services are for adults with mental health needs, those who are receiving support through secondary mental health services or have a diagnosed Severe Mental Health Illness.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
In the near future, SNEE ICB intend to release to the market an opportunity to deliver the Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness. Prior to this the ICB would like to understand the level of interest in the market and responses to the questions posed below.
The Suffolk IPS SMI Service has a budget of PS868,948 per annum and the Core deliverables for the service as aligned to the NHS Long Term Plan and the SNEE Joint Forward Plan are below. - Achievement of the yearly IPS Access target - Job Retention cases not to exceed 25% of the caseload (SMI individuals only) - Job Outcomes to be 40% (for unemployed/IPS access individuals) - Achieve IPS Fidelity of Good - Oversight of IPS National Target - Increasing access to dedicated employment support for those with Severe Mental Illness - Increasing sustainable employment outcomes for those with Severe Mental Illness - Decreasing time spent in hospital,
hospital admissions and relapse. - Building relationship with employers The indicative activity is a cohort of around 727 IPS referrals per year. We are interested to hear from providers about their good practice and approaches to this service. We are particularly interested to hear from you regarding.
- Does your organisation envisage any risks to delivery in respect of the outline above?
- What best practice and innovation are you currently involved in for this service in other localities?
- How you practically manage and support prioritisation of patients when required.
- How will you ensure that you build relationships with employers to drive client employment outcomes If you could send responses in respect of the questions above to procurement@snee.nhs.uk by 17:00 on the 27th May 2025.
Please include direct contact information in case the Commissioners would like to discuss your responses further. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of any contract in a future procurement process will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to any process which may be published in relation to this notice.
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
- Tender
- Stages so far
- Planning, Tender
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £868,948
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 031234-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0544eb
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Electoral ward
- Gipping
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Delivery area
- Suffolk CC
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Ipswich
- Area
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jane Garnett
- Phone
- +44 1473770000
- Address
- Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East · England
Documents and links
Questions about Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness
How much is the Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness contract worth?
The estimated value is £868,948.
Who is the buyer for Suffolk Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Health Illness?
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, based in Ipswich, East. The named contact is Jane Garnett, on +44 1473770000.
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