# Mental Health Support Team \(MHST\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust](/buyers/birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £4,500,000
- Published: 7 March 2023
- Planned start: 5 June 2023
- Planned end: 5 June 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0ec09ed9-3113-4fe8-b2ed-3a5da6b3adc9-621678
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-07e02d3c-4570-44d8-a865-15f37fb8beac

## Description

The Commissioner is looking to find a provider for Forward Thinking Birmingham's Mental Health Service Team \(MHST\) provision for a period of three years\. This includes: • Full operational delivery of a defined amount of MHSTs within Birmingham in line with national roll out plan \(e\.g\. Wave 9 to be fully operational by September 2023\) • Delivery of Key Performance Indicators \(KPIs\) • Successful recruitment and retention of MHST staff, made up of senior clinicians, Education Mental Health Practitioners \(EMHPs\) and administrative support as per national staffing model skill mix • Provide supervision to EMHPs and Senior staff in line with Health Education England expectations • Provide adequate infrastructure for staff to be able to deliver the service \(e\.g\. estates / IT / other corporate support functions\) • Work with children and young people, families, school staff and leaders, key system partners and FTB to improve mental health provisions in schools

## Related contract awards

- [Paging System Managed Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3dee5ca3-a7b3-49a7-98a9-fa4b2da29850): Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- [BWC Paging System Managed Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fca6ad9f-0cfe-413b-b53d-02e4d4d778c5): Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- [Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Electronic Patient Records System Further-Competition](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f8d3ceb4-c1fa-42c6-a0b1-a118d089a87c): Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ec09ed9-3113-4fe8-b2ed-3a5da6b3adc9-621678)