The Sanctuary, East Sussex - Mental Health Crisis Accommodation Service ITT

Invitation to Tender (ITT) Mental Health Services The Sanctuary, East Sussex Provision of a Mental Health Crisis Accommodation and Emotionally Unstable/Borderline Personality Disorder Guesting Service (Reference: NHS/SOEPS/20.661 ITT)

NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

The Commissioner is seeking bids from Healthcare Providers for provision of a Mental Health Crisis Accommodation and Emotionally Unstable/Borderline Personality Disorder Guesting Service to be situated in East Sussex, delivered under the standard NHS Contract.

The anticipated value of the Service is a maximum of £408,000 per annum and the contract duration will be three years from 1st April 2021, plus an option (option of the Commissioner) to extend the contract by up to a further 24 months.

One in four people in the UK will suffer a mental health problem in the course of a year. The cost of mental health problems to the economy in England have recently been estimated at £105 billion, and treatment costs are expected to double in the next 20 years. Mental health is high on the national agenda and policy is clear in respect of the long-term ambitions for the transformation of mental health care.

The tender documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home

All correspondence will be dealt with solely through this website and correspondence received by other means will not be responded to.This procurement is being advertised on the following websites:

http://ted.europa.eu http://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning http://www.eastsussexccg.nhs.uk

The Services to which this tender relates fall within Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Part H of the Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive (also known as "light touch regime"). Neither the publication of the above advertisements, the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage nor the use of the term "Selection Questionnaire" nor any other indication (including any statement in this ITT) shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Chapter 3, Section 7, Particular Procurement Regimes and the Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition Regulations.

Please complete your bid response and return via our eTendering Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home Reference: The Sanctuary, East Sussex - Mental Health Crisis Accommodation Service NHS/SOEPS/20.661 ITT

The deadline for submitting bid responses is Tuesday 13th October 2020 at 5pm.

The Commissioners look forward to receiving your bid response.

Additional information: Please register on the Intend e-tendering portal to access the documents and submit a return.