# Tower Hamlets Young People's Mental Health Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT](/buyers/n-e-l-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £840,000
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 1 December 2016
- Planned end: 1 December 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e046ac97-f415-40bf-ae5e-9428dadf7996-89370
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6251e5b7-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The service aims to: • Provide an accessible, flexible and responsive mental health service to young people aged 14 -21 years in Tower Hamlets with emerging mental health problems • Promote a single ethos centred on young people, working flexibly with them, their families and with partner organisations in the borough • Improve mental health outcomes • Maximise opportunities for service delivery in partnership with existing young people’s services and mental health services in the borough\. It must have three strands targeted at early interventions for those with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and those who will not attend specialist CAMHS\. a\) Additional youth mental wellbeing support, targeted at those with mild or emerging difficulties in youth services and projects b\) Evidence-based individual and group interventions for those with moderate mental health problems c\) Partnership with statutory and voluntary mental health providers for those with moderate to more complex difficulties, who are unlikely to engage with statutory services\. The service will operate mainly outside the school day, i\.e\. evenings and weekends\. It should work through a partnership delivery model with existing local organisations, and is intended to move to an outcomes-based contract over the contract period\. Additional information: The contract will be for duration of 3 years with an option to extend it for 24 months Interested organisations should express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www\.supplying2nhs\.com Submission of the tenders will be via the Pro-Contract E-procurement system https://www\.supplying2nhs\.com Suppliers register, login, complete the documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract system\. A bidder event will be held on Friday 18 March 2016 \(morning\)\. Potential bidders may request an invitation \(see contact details below\) Bids received after the deadline may not be considered\. It is anticipated that bidders will be invited to attend an interview/ presentation in week commencing 6 June 2016 Please note that any communication from NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this tender will be via Pro-contract discussion board\. Bidders must use Pro-contract discussion board for their communications with NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e046ac97-f415-40bf-ae5e-9428dadf7996-89370)