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title: "Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI) – Greater Manchester"
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# Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI) – Greater Manchester

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/individual-placement-and-support-for-severe-mental-illness-ips-for-smi-greater-manchester-ocds-h6vhtk-041da0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust: "Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI) – Greater Manchester". Published status: active. Published Value: £6,367,586. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/pennine-care-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rt2)
- **Published Value:** £6,367,586 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041da0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/individual-placement-and-support-for-severe-mental-illness-ips-for-smi-greater-manchester-ocds-h6vhtk-041da0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/individual-placement-and-support-for-severe-mental-illness-ips-for-smi-greater-manchester-ocds-h6vhtk-041da0#participate

## Description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (referred to as the Commissioner), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to respond to this invitation to tender for the provision of Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI) across the Greater Manchester Area.<br/>The service is due to commence in two phases Phase One 1st April 2024 and Phase 2 - 1st October 2024, at the cessation of a current contract. As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful bidder(s) for a period of 3 years.<br/>The deadline for ITT submissions is 12.00am on Friday 29th December 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £6,356,000
- **Description:** For Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI), in the Greater Manchester Area; details of the Programme can be found on the NHS England Web Site. However, in summary the IPS for SMI is an employment support service inte...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2024 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036147-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-07T17:02:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:02:59.262Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041da0