Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-06-20
Buyer: NHS Wirral CCG
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 17000000 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is looking to procure a Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) service — IAPT, Community Counselling Services and Bereavement Support. The PCMH service will be required to work in an integrated framework with the secondary care mental health service provider and wider partners including GP’s and 3
The PCMH service comprises the IAPT stepped care model and the delivery of assessment and interventions in line with the National IAPT Guidance model. This service will also need to deliver community counselling and bereavement support.
The service will work in an integrated framework with the existing secondary care mental health provider, ensuring a seamless pathway for patients accessing mental health services and work collaboratively with other specialist providers, the charity, faith and voluntary sector organisations in delivering integrated referral and care pathways maximising the use of social prescribing, self-help, early prevention and intervention.
The PCMH will deliver psychological therapies support across steps 2-4 to patients with common mental health disorders (like anxiety and depression). The service will ensure integrated pathways for patients with long term conditions or medically unexplained symptoms with an expectation that this will be delivered and integrated within primary care.
— 75% of people referred to IAPT services should start treatment within 6 weeks of referral, and 95% should start treatment within 18 weeks of referral,
This PIN is to alert the market for engagement purposes in advance of the publication of an ITT process. Commissioners invite the providers to complete a questionnaire to secure a 1 hour time slot as outlined in the covering advert attached to this PIN. Prior to the engagement event on 5.7.2018 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Birkenhead Town Hall, Mortimer Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5EU.
For the purposes of the lead provider market engagement event on the 5.7.2018, please note the requirement to complete the lead provider engagement questionnaire. Due to space limitations we are only able to accommodate 2 delegates per organisation. Lead providers are not obligated to participate in the lead provider pre-market engagement event. Any information shared as part of this event will be used for engagement purposes only and will not be considered during the Invitation to Tender Stage.
It is anticipated that the contract term of up to 5 years and the estimated contract value range (between 17 000 000 to 21 500 000 GBP) reflect the increased access targets as outlined in the Mental Health Five Year Forward View.
For the avoidance of doubt, the estimated contract value range is not a contractual commitment to increase activity levels through the term of the agreement, but to make the market aware changes to activity levels may occur during the contracts lifetime. The contract term, affordability and key performance indicators will be a focus of discussion for the engagement event prior to the publication of the tender. It is anticipated that a mobilisation period of approx. 3 months may be required, prior to the contract launch date of 1.4.2019 when the existing contract ends.
These dates are provided as indications only of procurement document availability and publication of the OJEU notice associated with this PIN notice:


Award value: 17000000