Waltham Forest CCG - Mental Health Community Employment Services

Waltham Forest CCG are procuring a Mental Health Employment Service that will offer an open, flexible and responsive range of opportunities to people who have mental health problems.

The employment service will deliver person-centred support to adults with mental health problems to gain paid employment. It is however, recognised that not all people with mental health problems will be successful in achieving this and in such cases the aim of the service will be to facilitate engagement with other vocational opportunities, such as training, education and volunteering.

Additional information: The Mental Health Employment Service contract will be for the duration of 3 years at £72,000 per annum with an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years. The highest value figure for the three years is £216,000.

The CCG is following an Open Procedure procurement process to procure this service. Interested organisations must express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www.supplying2nhs.com

Expressions of interests will be completed on submission of the Tender. The deadline for submitting a completed Tender is at 12pm on 25th April 2016. Responses received after the deadline will not be considered.

Submission of the tenders will be via the Pro-Contract e-tendering system https://www.supplying2nhs.com

Suppliers register, login, complete the tender response documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract e-tendering portal.

Tenders received after the deadline may not be considered. It is anticipated that bidders will be invited to attend an interview/ presentation in week commencing 9 May 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.