Community Mental Health Services (Healthy Minds Service and Depression and Wellbeing Calls) LOTS in Mid and South Essex

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        "description": "LOT 2 – Depression Wellbeing Calls\nLOT 2 Depression Wellbeing Calls is a new, transformed service across the whole of Mid and South Essex. This is a targeted service providing proactive support for people newly diagnosed with depression by their Primary Care Practitioner, prescribed medication, referred to Talking Therapies, or both.\nThe Depression Wellbeing Calls Service provides structured, proactive telephone support for individuals who have been newly diagnosed with depression by their Primary Care Practitioner and/or prescribed medication, referred to Talking Therapies, or both. The service offers a structured and compassionate response, ensuring the first contact with the individual is made within 3 working days of referral from primary care.\nThe service aims to address the immediate needs of those presenting with depression, offering a blend of emotional support, goal-setting, and self-management strategies. The goal is to reduce the risk of suicide, enhance mental wellbeing, and support individuals in managing their daily lives, empowering them to transition to longer-term care and recovery services as necessary.\nAim of the Service\nThe primary aim of the Depression Wellbeing Calls Service is to provide timely, compassionate, and person-centred support to individuals experiencing depression, helping them improve their mental health, resilience, and daily functioning.\nKey aims of the service include:\n-\tEarly intervention: Ensuring individuals receive support quickly after diagnosis or referral, to prevent escalation of symptoms.\n-\tHolistic approach: Offering a well-rounded, integrated service that links individuals to community resources, mental health services, and other necessary support mechanisms.\n-\tImproved mental health outcomes: Supporting individuals in managing their depression through structured wellbeing calls and the development of personalised action plans.\n-\tPrevention and safety: Reducing the risk of suicide and preventing unnecessary crisis situations by providing proactive, goal-focused support.\n-\tSeamless service transitions: Helping individuals move on from the service once they’ve achieved their goals or have transitioned to other support services.\nObjectives of the Service\n-\tTimely contact: Ensure all referred individuals are contacted within 3 working days of referral to begin their journey of support.\n-\tGoal-focused support: Work with each individual to create a tailored, actionable plan that focuses on improving wellbeing, with regular review of progress.\n-\tSignposting and referrals: Link individuals to other services and resources, such as Talking Therapies, Recovery Colleges, advocacy services, and housing support, as needed.\n-\tShort-term intervention: Provide structured telephone support for a duration of 4-6 weeks, based on individual need, ensuring service users feel supported but are not inappropriately tied to long-term interventions.\n-\tEffective triage: Ensure that assessments are efficient and avoid unnecessary repetition, so individuals are not required to recount their story repeatedly.\n-\tCollaboration with other services: Establish clear referral pathways to support individuals with additional needs such as long-term conditions, substance misuse, or those in need of mental health crisis intervention\nThe Authority intends to award a single contract for LOT 2 to a single Bidder (as a single entity, or as the ‘Lead Provider’ on behalf of a consortium). These contracts would be NHS Standard Contracts (2025/26) and any subsequent versions thereof. All details can be found at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/ under the \"itt_170 - Healthy Minds Service and Depression Calls (Mental Health Services) for NHS MSE ICB’ (Qualification ITT – Qualification Envelope)\" project.\nThe deadline for receipt of compliant bid submissions is 27th June 2025 by 17:30hrs. Additional information: The maximum 3-year contract value for LOT 2 is £285,875.00 Pound, which acts as an affordability cap for the commercial offer template for this procurement. \nThe total aggregate contract value for LOT 2 over the 5-year contract term (inclusive of optional extensions) is £475,130.00 Pound Sterling.",
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    "title": "Community Mental Health Services (Healthy Minds Service and Depression and Wellbeing Calls) LOTS in Mid and South Essex",
    "value": {
      "amount": 6941862,
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      "date": "2025-06-30T09:00:00+01:00"
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      "startDate": "2025-06-30T09:00:00+01:00"
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    "description": "NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein referred to as the ‘Authority’) seeks to secure the most suitable Provider for the provisions of these mental health services utilising LOTS. LOT 1 ‘Healthy Minds Services’ and LOT 2 ‘Depression and Wellbeing Calls’. The Authority aims to award a single contract for each service to a single Provider (either as the sole Provider or as the ‘Lead Provider’ on behalf of a consortium). These services support the Authority’s Mental Health Wellbeing Service offering in Mid and South Essex. Local Providers are invited to tender for these services and can submit a compliant bid for either one or both LOTs.\nBoth LOTs are being commissioned from 01st October 2025 for a 3-year contract term, with the option to extend for a further 24 months. The total combined aggregate contract value, inclusive of extensions, as outlined in this FTS notice is £6,941,862.00 Sterling. The aggregate combined total contract value for the 3 year term is £4,176,760 Sterling. These new, transformed services are community based and locally driven within the Mid and South Essex locality and details can be found free of charge at the e-procurement portal - please see ‘itt_170 - Healthy Minds Service and Depression Calls (Mental Health Services) for NHS MSE ICB’ – Qualification Stage. Following the compliant completion of the Qualification Envelope (Qualification Questionnaire), a maximum of four (4) bidders that meet the criteria will be shortlisted for each LOT, for the detailed, technical evaluation and commercial offer. \nThese new, transformed services will be for the whole of Mid and South Essex to \n-promote good mental health and prevent poor mental health through early intervention and prevention, work with our residents and system partners to build resilience and enable opportunities to actively contribute to their communities and advance equalities in mental health\n- Enhance access to Wellbeing services - this will ensure our residents have flexible access to responsive and high-quality care when in need of mental health support\n-Get the right care in the right place at the right time is vital. Failure to provide care early on means that the acute end of mental health care and A&E Departments will routinely be under immense pressure.\n- Promote parity of esteem and delivering care closer to home, residents will be supported in a holistic way at the right time, by the right person and at the right place, reducing need for multiple assessments and transfers of care where it is safe to do so.\nTo register interest please go to https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the below project codes:\n‘itt_171 - Lot 1: Healthy Minds Service (Mental Health Services) for MSE ICB’\n‘itt_172 - Lot 2: Depression and Wellbeing Calls (Mental Health Service) for MSE ICB’\nPlease note that up to a maximum of four (4) bidders that meet the criteria will be shortlisted for each LOT. The compliant bid submissions will then be assessed at the detailed technical evaluation for Lot 1 Healthy Minds Service and Lot 2 Depression and Wellbeing Calls Key Criteria (Quality) Stage. Only the bid submissions from Providers that have satisfied the preliminary review, initial evaluation, financial standing and evidenced contracts will progress to the detailed technical evaluation. All details and criteria are contained within the procurement documentation. \nThe deadline for receipt of compliant bid submissions is 27th June 2025 by 17:30hrs.\nThis 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.",
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      "name": "NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board",
      "roles": [
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        "region": "UKH3",
        "locality": "Basildon",
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
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      "name": "NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board",
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  "description": "The deadline for receipt of compliant bid submissions is 27th June 2025 by 17:30hrs.\nThis 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.",
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  "date": "2025-05-02T00:01:29+01:00",
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  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-118911",
    "name": "NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board"
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        "description": "a)\tLot 1 - Healthy Mind Services– currently known as ‘Wellbeing Hubs’, ‘Happy Hubs’ and ‘Positive Pathways’ Services. This lot will focus on delivering community-based mental wellbeing support, promoting resilience, early intervention, and social connection.\nb)\tLot 2 - Depression Wellbeing Calls – a targeted service aimed at providing proactive support for people who have been newly diagnosed with depression by their Primary Care Practitioner and/or have been prescribed medication, referred to Talking Therapies or both. Additional information: The service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply."
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    "title": "Market Engagement for Healthy Minds Services",
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    "description": "THIS IS A PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE AND *NOT* INTENDED AS A CALL TO COMPETITION. This notice is intended to inform the market of this market engagement session ONLY. \nNHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”) invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event for the provision Integrated 'Healthy Minds' (Mental Health Services) on Monday 12th May 2025 at 13:00hrs - 14:00hrs. The session will be recorded and the materials presented by the Commissioners will be shared with interested parties following the event.\nThere are currently multiple pathways into different ‘Wellbeing’ mental health services due to historic commissioning arrangements made by five separate Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The Authority was established in July 2022, superseding the CCGs. The Authority aims to address the health inequalities across the system by implementing a new single service that will ensure an equitable service and support early diagnosis and intervention for patients.\nCurrently, multiple VCSE providers deliver wellbeing-related services across the ICS footprint. These include:\n•\tWellbeing Hubs\n•\tHappy Hubs\n•\tPositive Pathways for 18-25s\n•\tAdult Positive Pathways\nThis fragmented model has resulted in duplicated services, variable quality and access, inconsistent outcomes, and inefficiencies in service delivery. The Commissioners are seeking to undertake a single procurement approach to deliver a whole-system model that is equitable, consistent, and outcomes-focused.\nThe procurement process will be structured into two distinct lots to better meet the varying needs of the population and to streamline service delivery. These are:\na)\tLot 1 - Healthy Mind Services– currently known as ‘Wellbeing Hubs’, ‘Happy Hubs’ and ‘Positive Pathways’ Services. This lot will focus on delivering community-based mental wellbeing support, promoting resilience, early intervention, and social connection.\nb)\tLot 2 - Depression Wellbeing Calls – a targeted service aimed at providing proactive support for people who have been newly diagnosed with depression by their Primary Care Practitioner and/or have been prescribed medication, referred to Talking Therapies or both.\nThe Market Engagement event will take place virtually via MS Teams on Monday 12th May 2025 at 13:00hrs – 14:00hrs. \nThe event will offer an opportunity to engage with stakeholders and for prospective service providers to learn more about the service. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared.\nTo register interest in attending the engagement event please go to https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the sq_126 - Healthy Minds (Mental Health Services) for MSE ICB’ project.\nThe closing date for registering attendance is Monday 12th May 2025 by 12:00 noon. \n\n        \nPlease Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by you prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for your own commercial judgment. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service(s) or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the Authority and/or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice. Any and all information/documents are draft and subject to change.\nThe service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.",
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      "name": "NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board",
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        "locality": "Basildon",
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd,"
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