Mental Health Community Support
Estimated value
£1.4m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
29 Sept 2025
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Description
The Service will provide community-based support for people recovering from mental ill-health. It will play a key role in linking them with existing community networks and opportunities. The Service will be available to people 18 to 65 years of age receiving mental health services under the Care Act Eligibility Guidance in that: each person has eligible needs and each person is ordinarily resident in the borough of Tameside. The service will incorporate a delivery model encompassing the following key areas • Community recovery • Short term intensive support following hospital discharge • Crisis support The Service will operate a model based on the principles of recovery, reablement and habituation, aimed at supporting people recovering from mental ill-health to move through the service by providing the opportunity and confidence to regain some of the skills lost as a consequence of mental ill health. The support will enable people to regain or learn new skills to help maintain long term independence and confidence to gain or retain employment, carry out activities and develop relationships that give their lives purpose and meaning, with a focus on promoting choice, control, independent living, social inclusion and wellbeing.
Scope
- Reference
- DN792206
- Total value
- £1,400,000 excluding VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2031Possible extension to 31 Mar 2033
Extension options - 2 Years
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 85000000
- Contract locations
- North West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience | Using examples from practice, detail how your Organisation has the expertise, experience, values and infrastructure to deliver Mental Health Community Support in Tameside. We will be considering, amongst other things: • Experience of service delivery, with a focus on person-centred, asset-based approaches • Leadership model and staffing structure you will implement to support delivery in Tameside (including deliverable hours) • Monitoring/achieving identified outcomes | quality | 10.00% |
| Contract Management - Person Centred Support and Demand | Using examples from practice, detail how you will work with the Council to manage change across the contract term in relation to need, whilst ensuring activities and support are not disrupted? We will be considering, amongst other things, how you will: • Effective communication and reporting • Deliver person and community centred support • Manage demand and workforce issues • Support people with a range of, often fluctuating, needs within the resource available | quality | 10.00% |
| Workforce | Staff consistency, retention and skills in understanding Mental Health are important to individuals who use this service. As a Mental Health provider, we know you face particular challenges when recruiting, inducting and retaining staff. With reference to examples from practice, please detail: a) Your organisational approach to recruiting and retaining great staff? b) How you will have in place an appropriately valued, trained and competent workforce to support people with varying levels of need? | quality | 10.00% |
| Outcomes | The service will have a focus on the delivery of a reablement, recovery and least restrictive practice model. What do you see as the benefits of this and how will you ensure individual outcomes are achieved in the delivery of this contract? We will be taking into consideration amongst other things: • Understanding of principles of reablement and demonstration as to how this will be implemented in the contract • Recognition of the challenges and risk in supporting step up/step down and supporting an individual to maintain their identity and independence • Examples of practice in delivering proactive, creative and innovative care, and working to support individuals with highly complex needs including personality disorders / substance misuse / dual diagnosis (this reference is not exhaustive) | quality | 10.00% |
| Voice of the Individual | How will you take measures to ensure Individuals who use the service have a voice in the day-to-day delivery, that stimulates coproduction and demonstrates clear and committed work to embedding this in practice? | quality | 5.00% |
| Case Study | Detail a case study that demonstrates your organisational approach to supporting an individual on their supported journey. Use examples where you have achieved positive outcomes in challenging circumstances i.e. safeguarding, behaviours that challenge, legal frameworks and fluctuating capacity. We will be taking into consideration, amongst other things: • Evidence based outcomes monitoring • Communication • Partnership working • MCA guidance • Risk management | quality | 5.00% |
| Social Value (Quantitative) | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Social Value (Qualitative) | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Price | — | price | 30.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure