Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust On behalf of Health Education England Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme Procurement of IAPT Mindfulness Teaching Training Intervention Services And IAPT Couple Therapy for Depression Training Intervention Services

The project will deliver the following training :

Couple Therapy for Depression for Relate Practitioners. To deliver one of the two approved national curriculum for IAPT Couple Therapy for Depression for Relate Practitioners, including selection, teaching, supervision and assessment of competence (but not including provision of practice placements). Supervision may be provided remotely via Skype or similar. To work in close partnership with Relate at a national level to prioritise practitioners who are suitably qualified to enter the programme and who have specific commitments in place to deliver CTfD within or on behalf of IAPT services on completion of the training. To be delivered in four cohorts in the following locations: • London (15 practitioners) • Norwich (14 practitioners). Please note that Relate have requested a particular emphasis on behavioural elements of couple therapy for this location. • Leeds (15 practitioners) • Derby (15 practitioners) Bidders can bid for more than one lot.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Teacher Training.

To deliver the approved national curriculum for IAPT MBCT Teacher Training, including selection, teaching, supervision and assessment of competence (but not including provision of practice placements). Supervision may be provided remotely via Skype or similar. To be delivered in 2-4 cohorts of 12-24 at accessible locations providing 12 training places to provider services in each of the following HEE LETB areas: 1. North (Yorkshire and Humber, North East, North West) - 12 places 2. London and South East (London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex) - 12 places 3. South (South West, Thames Valley and Wessex) - 12 places 4. Midlands and East (East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England) - 12 places Partnership arrangements are encouraged between training providers to ensure accessible delivery across England, and bidders can bid for more than one lot.

See Additional Information ( Section 5 ) for additional information and details of a Commissioner Communication event on 18 September.

Additional information: Please refer to the Service Description given in Section 3, and the attached Memorandum of Information and Service Specifications which will enable organisations to decide whether they are capable of delivering the required services.

Full details and tender documentation are provided within the Bravo system.

Bravo Registration and accessing the tender documentation :

The tender will be conducted via the NHS Commercial Solutions Bravo e tendering system. Bidders wishing to Express an Interest (EOI) in participating will be required to register on the Bravo system if they have not previously registered. This can be done at any time via this web link:

https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

The Bravo Project number for this tender is Project 2518 The Invitation to Tender number is itt_2553

An organisation will be assumed to have expressed interest by registering on the Invitation to Tender on the portal.

NHS Commercial Solutions is utilising the Bravo system to manage this Procurement and to communicate with Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Bidders and all communications with the Commissioner and NHS Commercial Solutions, will be conducted via the Bravo secure messaging service within the portal hosted by BravoSolution, the managed service provider for the NHS Commercial Solutions eTendering system.

It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day. Should Bidders have any queries, or if Bidders are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the BravoSolution dedicated Supplier Support, available from the Bravo Help desk: Phone: 0800 368 4850 ( Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm ) E-mail: [email protected]

Commissioner Communication Event On the 18th September 2017 the Commissioners will hold an open teleconference event to enable potential providers to discuss the project and raise any initial questions. The schedule for the event is CTfD discussion 12.30-13.15 MBCT discussion 13.30-14.15 The dial-in details for both meetings are: Phone Number- 03003040370 Conference ID- 474927 Potential providers will be required to advise the Commissioner of their intention to participate, which session they will dial in for, and confirm their nominated participants and contact details ( phone and email beforehand. Please register via the Bravo system, or to the following email address :

[email protected] before 12:00 on 18 September 2017. The Commissioners will accept written questions submitted in advance of the call.