RTL055P - Veterans' Mental Health Services (2017)

RTL055P - Veterans' Mental Health Services 2017

Following the publication of the engagement work in relation to veterans mental health services NHS England is looking to secure providers to deliver a comprehensive veterans’ mental health service across England from April 2017.

The Transition, intervention and liaison service for veterans will offer:

• A service for those in transition – offering assessment and therapeutic mental health services for those who are in the process of leaving the armed forces;
• A service for veterans with complex presentations – offering case management, co-ordination and care for those veterans with complex presentations including those who have suffered significant psychological trauma where a military understanding would be beneficial;
• A general service for veterans - offering navigation and liaison support to other services to ensure that veterans receive appropriate care.

Providers must be capable of delivering the service across a wide geography which may include through a lead or prime contractor model.

Providers must also demonstrate how they will link with appropriate and relevant third sector organisations to ensure that the needs of veterans are met.

This procurement is split into 4 (four) geographical Lots.

Lot 1 - North

Lot 2 - Midlands & East

Lot 3 - South East & London

Lot 4 - South Central & South West

NHS England will seek to award one contract for each of the tender Lots.

Bidders are able to bid for any number or combination of the Lots. However, following ITT evaluation, NHS England will not award any Bidder more than one Lot.

The contract duration is an initial period of 36 months (3 years) followed by an option extension of a further 24 months (2 years). Therefore the full, extended, duration of the contracts will be a maximum of 60 months (5 years).

The contract values vary per Lot. See documentation for details. The higher value in this advert relates to the full extended contract value of all 4 Lots combined (Ex VAT).

See procurement documentation (PQQ) for more details.

Interested Bidders must access the PQQ documentation via the link provided and submit a PQQ response via the online questionnaire on the e-Tendering portal "ProContract" before the submission deadline of 4th November 2016 at 12:00 (noon).

NHS England will adopt the Restricted procedure as a template for this procurement. However, the Services to which this PQQ relates fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). Neither the publication of the advertisement, the use of a PQQ stage, nor the use of the term “Restricted Procedure” nor any other indication (including any statement in this advert or the PQQ documentation) shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to procurements under the Light Touch Regime (LTR).

Additional information: If you are not already registered on the portal you will need to register. Guidance on how to register is attached. Once registered, you will need to navigate to "Current Opportunities". Within this area there is a project called “RTL055P Veterans Mental Health Services (2017)”. Click the link for the opportunity (shown in the "Links" section of this advert) and in the right hand box on the screen titled: “Expression of Interest Window”, please log-in and register your interest in this opportunity. Follow the instructions to express an interest. You should then receive two emails; 1: advising that you have successfully registered your interest, 2: advising you that the documents are now available to download. You will then need to use the portal to access and download the PQQ documentation. Please note that by expressing an interest you are NOT committing yourself to submit a bid. Please see Pro-Contract "Help" attachment for further information and instructions on expressing an interest, navigating to the PQQ stage of the portal to access the documentation and submitting a questionnaire response.

Questions should be directed via the messaging facility on the portal in the first instance.