NECS376 Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Support Teams in Schools Service NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (the Contracting Authority and Commissioners) wish to alert the market to an exciting future service opportunity which will being shortly advertised and are at this stage seeking expressions of interest from any interested parties in order to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in this respect.

The Contracting Authority has since Dec 2018, been at the forefront of pilot area project in conjunction with NHS England and Improvement North East and Cumbria of Trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in schools within the Newcastle and Gateshead CCG area localities and now wishes to progress in identifying suitable potential providers to take these services to the next evolutionary stage.The future service will be advertised as 2 lots, one Lot for Newcastle (one MHST Team) and one Lot for Gateshead (two MHST Teams).

The anticipated Financial Envelope for these services

£642,296 per annum (Newcastle - £220,164.50, Gateshead - £422,131.50)

It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express an interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Official Journal European Union (OJEU) and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of any future commitment to participate in any future activity related to this service nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the exercise.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this exercise and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access any details and express interest should they so wish to do so. It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day.

Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 Website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

Helpdesk Support is available (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).

The Expression of Interest documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 02 October 2020 and responses must be returned by 12:00 noon 19 October 2020.

Additional information: Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.