Community-Based Mental Health Services to NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) are considering the commissioning options for their Community-Based Mental Health Services which include Access Services, Intensive Outreach, Annual Health Checks support or people with Serious Mental Illness, Telephone Support Lines, Suicide Prevention, Wellbeing Houses (Wiltshire only) and Place of Calm (Wiltshire only).

The anticipated annual contract value of the Service is circa £6,500,000 per annum. Commissioners wish to understand the level of interest in this service from the market and invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to complete the attached engagement questionnaire to understand the opportunities and barriers in the provision of care and the BSW locality to assist Commissioners in developing their commissioning approach and service specifications.

Providers wishing to take part in the market engagement must express an interest within the e-procurement system where providers will be given access to a draft specification and questionnaire. Bidders who express an interest will be expected to complete the questionnaire.

Completed questionnaires should be submitted no later than 5pm, 28/03/2024 via the messaging portal within the e-procurement system.

This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Additional information: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit BSW ICB or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. Commissioners are looking to establish what interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified, capable and competent organisations.

BSW ICB will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.

Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.

If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.

The services are healthcare services and subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply.