Equity in Action Service

{
  "id": "056436-2025",
  "tag": [
    "planning"
  ],
  "date": "2025-09-15T09:55:36+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0599f4",
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-NHS-QXU",
    "name": "NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
  },
  "tender": {
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-0599f4",
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": "planned",
        "description": "The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served.\nThe local outcome ambitions for the services within scope of delivery under this contract are described below.  \n•\tTo increase awareness of women's health within ethnic minority communities and contribute to prevention of women's health issues.\n•\tTo enhance the quality of conversations about women's health and mental health in clinical practice with respect to cultural sensitivities.\n•\tTo improve physical and mental health outcomes for women from ethnic minority communities. \n•\tTo improve the mental health of women and birthing people from ethnic minority communities.\n•\tTo prevent increased severity of mental health conditions through inclusive early intervention.\n•\tTo support quality of referrals and efficiency of pathways into Tier 3 mental health support for women and birthing people in the perinatal period.\n•\tTo improve the experience of healthcare service users across Surrey Heartlands.\n•\tTo contribute to service co-production by capturing the voices of individuals from seldom heard communities and improve equity of access to health services.\n•\tTo improve cultural awareness and competency in practice and inclusion of services and practice.\n•\tTo support connections to women's health, diabetes, chronic vascular disease (CVD) and mental health services through community outreach advocacy/bridge of support.\n•\tTo empower women and birthing people, children and adults to access support and build healthcare literacy.\n•\tTo target Type 2 diabetes and CVD management education to prevent type 2 diabetes and improve outcomes.\n•\tPrevention for families with a history of Type 2 diabetes particularly to prevent occurrence of Type 2 diabetes in children.\nServices under the umbrella of Health Inequalities in Perinatal Health, Women's Health and Associated Mental Health are\n•\tHealthy Eating and Activity Culturally Inclusive Education\n•\tWomen's 1:1 mental health provision\n•\tWomen's Health Groups\n•\tHealth Literacy and Health Check Outreach\n•\tCultural Awareness Training\nBoth the perinatal mental health counselling and Women's Health Groups are clinical services and constitute the main elements of service provision, provided on a weekly to monthly basis. Perinatal mental health support must be provided by a qualified counsellor and the Women's Health Groups must be led by a Community Development Worker (Community development worker specialising in health and wellbeing, specifically women's health. \nCounselling, social prescribing and psycho-social mental health support means that the clinical element of this contract significantly exceeds 50%."
      }
    ],
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      {
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKJ25"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "title": "Equity in Action Service",
    "status": "planned",
    "coveredBy": [
      "GPA"
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "description": "The services in scope involve community engagement, co-production of solutions, outreach, health promotion, and support in navigating health systems and contain several ambitions for positive local outcomes, all of which require a provider with deep Surrey grassroots reach and trusted relationships, both with other local providers with whom they partner and with the communities served.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2025-11-01T00:00:00Z"
    },
    "classification": {
      "id": "85100000",
      "scheme": "CPV",
      "description": "Health services"
    },
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-NHS-QXU",
      "name": "NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKJ25",
        "locality": "Woking",
        "postalCode": "GU215BH",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Dukes Court, Duke Street"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.surreyheartlands.org",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Body governed by public law"
          },
          {
            "id": "07",
            "scheme": "COFOG",
            "description": "Health"
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        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "QXU",
        "scheme": "GB-NHS",
        "legalName": "NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "syheartlandsicb.contractsadmin@nhs.net"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "description": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach 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.'\nAward decision makers: \nSurrey Heartlands ICB Commissioning, Contracting & Commercial Committee\nDelegated authority to Director of Contracts, Procurement and Estates and Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning\nThe intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}