Hertfordshire IAPT and Counselling Services AQP - Provider Event

The service will offer primary care counselling to service users registered with a GP in Hertfordshire aged over 16 years old with mild to moderate range of mental health problems reporting as suffering from;

Service to be Commissioned

Primary Care Counselling providing a counselling service and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme model of mental health support.

In East and North Herts CCG all counselling offered will be IAPT compliant

In Herts Valleys CCG, both IAPT and non-IAPT compliant therapies can be offered

Indicative rates are as follows:

£40 per 1-2-1 session £50 per group session

Contract Length

3. years

General information

The following dates are the indicative Key Milestones for the AQP process:

Publication of Contract Advert – 26 May 2016

Deadline for Submission of Proposal – 1 July 2016

Evaluation of Proposals – 4 to 11 July 2016

Providers informed of outcome – 19 July 2016

Feedback to Bidders delivered – 20 to 24 July 2016

Standstill Period – 25 to 8 August 2016

Mobilisation Period – 12 August to 30 September

Service Commencement – Early October

Provider Information Session

The Commissioners will be holding a provider information session on Monday 16 May 2016, 13:00 – 17:00 in Stevenage. Further details will be available once interested providers have registered on the Commissioners’ online procurement portal, instructions for which are contained in this advert.

Additional information: Registering your organisation

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1. Go to the Current Opportunities page of our portal which can be found at the following URL:

https://portal.clinicalprocurementsolutions.co.uk/current_opportunities.cfm