HCC - 11/17 - The Provision of a Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Intervention Service

This tender is for the provision of a Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Interventions Service to deliver a consistent Hertfordshire-wide community based early intervention Service that focuses on the needs of CYP, adopting a holistic and integrated approach. It is for Tenderers to propose an innovative service model in which all elements and outcomes detailed in this Service Specification are delivered. The model should embed the THRIVE Principles.

The Service will be a free and confidential Service that provides a range of early intervention evidence-based talking and online therapies for CYP registered with a Hertfordshire GP, including an online offer. To ensure the Service model offers a person-centred approach, it will include the use of existing voluntary sector counselling providers in Hertfordshire where appropriate.

This procurement is an Open (one stage process). Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express interest' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.

To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12.00 Noon on 28th February 2018

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Please Note The TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree:

a) To undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party . b) That under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council's prior consent in writing. c) That the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your Organisation's bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission. d) That you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE Staffing Information. e) The requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.

Additional information: Please register or log in to www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and fully complete and submit a Response Document by the date and time stipulated in the Instructions to Tenderers

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No