The Provision of a Primary Care Mental Health and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service on Behalf of NHS Leeds CCG

Leeds CCG is inviting proposals from interested Lead Bidders to provide a Primary Care Mental Health Service that will achieve the following key objectives:

• a)Deliver key national policy directives; including as a minimum a trajectory towards meeting the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) access standards.
• b)Meet a specific set of needs for the adult population of Leeds as identified within the Leeds Mental Health Needs Assessment (Leeds in Mind, 2017).
• c)Fit with the CCGs strategic objectives including addressing health inequalities, increasing integration of services around localities and "left shift" to more care taking place in primary and community settings where appropriate.

The CCG anticipates awarding a contract for 5 years to the appointed provider with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the CCG's discretion, i.e. up to 7 years. The minimum affordability threshold for this contract is £8m per year but options may be considered above this value if they offer additional value and contribution to the CCGs strategic plan.

To access and download a copy of the Scope and details of the procurement process, potential Bidders are invited to login to the electronic procurement portal "EU-Supply" available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com .Registration on EU-Supply is FREE OF CHARGE.

Once logged into EU-Supply, search for TENDER REFERENCE 33716 - "The Provision of a Primary Care Mental Health and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service on Behalf of NHS Leeds CCG "then register your interest to download the documents.

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***The DEADLINE for Bid Submissions via the EU-Supply Portal is 16:00 on 16th January 2019***