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NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU

Individual Placement Support Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£2.1m
Awarded7 Nov 2022
Published23 Mar 2023
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.1mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services Contract for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The overall vision for this service is to enable people with mental health problems to be able to enjoy a good quality of life, reduce health inequalities, remain independent and in control, be included as members of society and, most importantly, realise their potential for recovery.

This service will contribute to improve performance on: a.

Public Health Outcome Framework (1.8): Employment for those with long term health conditions including adults with a learning disability who are in contact with secondary mental health services. b.

Adult Social Care Outcome Framework (1F): The proportion of adults in contact with secondary mental health services in paid employment. c.

NHS Outcomes Framework (2.5): Enhancing quality of life of people with mental illness / Employment of people with a mental health difficulty.

The service will deploy employment specialists (ES's) into community mental health teams and other secondary mental health services.

The ES's will provide employment support in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

The Contract has been awarded for a period of 3 Years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

The Contract will commence on the 1st April 2023.

This will be a block Contract with an estimated value of £428,000.00 per annum.

NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This Contract Award Notice is to inform

This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services Contract for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB).

02

The overall vision for this service is

The overall vision for this service is to enable people with mental health problems to be able to enjoy a good quality of life, reduce health inequalities, remain independent and in control, be included as members of society and, most importantly, realise their potential for recovery.

03

The ES's will provide employment support in

The ES's will provide employment support in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

04

NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply

NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply.

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