Mental Health and Learning Disabilities & Autism Support

Mental Health Crisis - Alternative to Admission initiatives i.e Crisis Cafes and Places of Safety. We wish to work with partners to deliver the NHSE requirements of our new crisis model to develop crisis café approaches in East and West Suffolk and Places of Safety which are away from traditional blue light crisis access points including A&E and Ambulance services. Clearly there is a strong requirement for these initiatives to be worked up in partnership with our local mental health services for clinical and governance purposes. Additional information: Please note that the services and associated specification and prices commissioned within this contract may be subject to review and change, moving forward the Commissioners may further review the above mentioned services in conjunction with the selected providers; therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the outcomes of any continuous improvement, through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the procurement documentation for further information.

Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied or the localities covered, where, following assessment it is identified that it is logical for additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and / or by the provider(s), both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs. These services may include but are not limited to other services and specialties formally delivered in alternative care settings where it is foreseen that these services can be delivered more effectively as part of this contract

The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). As such, the procurement of the services is being run as a process akin to the procedure mentioned above, as outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.

Community Mental Health Services- Additional and Enhanced Support. Our new model seeks to promote early intervention and preventative approaches to support and increase the mental health and emotional wellbeing resilience of service users and their families/carers. We also wish to break down the barriers and further integrate our mental health and physical health services. As an example, we established the 'Connect' service during the Covid pandemic to provide telephone support for service users discharged from secondary mental health services. We wish to evolve this approach further to include support for service users before they require secondary mental health services and include approaches like peer support/experts by experience networks that complement our secondary mental health services. Additional information: Please note that the services and associated specification and prices commissioned within this contract may be subject to review and change, moving forward the Commissioners may further review the above mentioned services in conjunction with the selected providers; therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the outcomes of any continuous improvement, through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the procurement documentation for further information.

Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied or the localities covered, where, following assessment it is identified that it is logical for additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and / or by the provider(s), both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs. These services may include but are not limited to other services and specialties formally delivered in alternative care settings where it is foreseen that these services can be delivered more effectively as part of this contract

The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). As such, the procurement of the services is being run as a process akin to the procedure mentioned above, as outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.

The intention is to build a framework of providers detailing their offers to the Ipswich and East Suffolk and/or West Suffolk system in line with the four service groups relating to mental health (MH) and emotional wellbeing:

-Children, Young People and Families

-Community Mental Health

-Mental Health Crisis

-Learning Disabilities and Autism

The framework will include all appropriate offers received from any sector who feel they can support the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy as it develops. The framework will be the first document used by the CCGs, SCC and NSFT when they are looking for partners to develop and deliver services for particular elements of the overall Strategy.

To ensure the framework remains current, relevant and innovative, it will be opened for new applications periodically throughout its term. Additional information: Please note that the services and associated specification and prices commissioned within this contract may be subject to review and change, moving forward the Commissioners may further review the above mentioned services in conjunction with the selected providers; therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the outcomes of any continuous improvement, through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the procurement documentation for further information.

Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied or the localities covered, where, following assessment it is identified that it is logical for additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and / or by the provider(s), both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs. These services may include but are not limited to other services and specialties formally delivered in alternative care settings where it is foreseen that these services can be delivered more effectively as part of this contract

The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). As such, the procurement of the services is being run as a process akin to the procedure mentioned above, as outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.