# Award of Contract Peer coaching pilot in the mental health crisis pathway

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [London Borough of Camden Council](/buyers/london-borough-of-camden-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Voiceability](/contract-winners/voiceability/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £50,000
- Tender value: £50,000
- Award date: 9 June 2021
- Published: 17 December 2021
- Contract start: 7 September 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 762b5312-51d1-447c-955c-4f2121b09dcd-494975
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64265435-4546-4a6d-a458-19e16565a0e5

## Description

This notice describes the direct award of a contract to Voiceability to provide a peer coaching pilot to support residents who have experienced a mental health crisis to move towards recovery in the community, and for officers to use the learning to develop a model that can be commissioned in the longer term\. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the service was not fully operational until 7 September 2020, therefore commissioners are seeking to directly award a new contract for seven months from 1 September 2021 at a value of no more than £50,000\. This will ensure the service continues to be delivered and allow officers enough time to fully test the approach, considering the challenges implementing the pilot in 2020/21\. It would also continue with the strategy, as part of the original award, to align itself with the wider recommissioning plan for the Resilience Network, a collaborative of mental health voluntary and community sector providers\. The new Resilience Network offer will launch on 1 April 2022\. Commissioners have NHS England Transformation funding available for 2021/22 to continue piloting this new approach to peer coaching in the mental health crisis pathway\. Due to the short-term nature of the funding and the partnership approach required, a competitive process is neither practical nor desirable\. Therefore, a waiver to Contract Standing Orders requirement for a quotation process is requested to directly award a further contract on the same general terms as the existing contract\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/762b5312-51d1-447c-955c-4f2121b09dcd-494975)