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NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as "the Authority") invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event for the provision Integrated 'Healthy Minds' (Mental Health Services) on Monday 12th May 2025 at 13:00hrs - 14:00hrs. The session will be recorded and the materials presented by the Commissioners will be shared with interested parties following the event. There are currently multiple pathways into different 'Wellbeing' mental health services due to historic commissioning arrangements made by five separate Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The Authority was established in July 2022, superseding the CCGs. The Authority aims to address the health inequalities across the system by implementing a new single service that will ensure an equitable service and support early diagnosis and intervention for patients. Currently, multiple VCSE providers deliver wellbeing-related services across the ICS footprint. These include: - Wellbeing Hubs - Happy Hubs - Positive Pathways for 18-25s - Adult Positive Pathways This fragmented model has resulted in duplicated services, variable quality and access, inconsistent outcomes, and inefficiencies in service delivery. The Commissioners are seeking to undertake a single procurement approach to deliver a whole-system model that is equitable, consistent, and outcomes-focused. The procurement process will be structured into two distinct lots to better meet the varying needs of the population and to streamline service delivery. These are: a) Lot 1 - Healthy Mind Services- currently known as 'Wellbeing Hubs', 'Happy Hubs' and 'Positive Pathways' Services. This lot will focus on delivering community-based mental wellbeing support, promoting resilience, early intervention, and social connection. b) Lot 2 - Depression Wellbeing Calls - a targeted service aimed at providing proactive support for people who have been newly diagnosed with depression by their Primary Care Practitioner and/or have been prescribed medication, referred to Talking Therapies or both. The Market Engagement event will take place virtually via MS Teams on Monday 12th May 2025 at 13:00hrs - 14:00hrs. The event will offer an opportunity to engage with stakeholders and for prospective service providers to learn more about the service. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared. To register interest in attending the engagement event please go to https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the sq_126 - Healthy Minds (Mental Health Services) for MSE ICB' project. The closing date for registering attendance is Monday 12th May 2025 by 12:00 noon. Additional information: The content of this notice is the same as the information published in Find a Tender Service (notice number: 2025/S 000-018616). Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by you prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for your own commercial judgment. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service(s) or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the Authority and/or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice. Any and all information/documents are draft and subject to change. The service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. To register interest in attending the engagement event please go to https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the sq_126 - Healthy Minds (Mental Health Services) for MSE ICB' project.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to notify the market of the Market Engagement event only. This PIN is NOT a call for competition. (FTS Notice Number: 2026/S 000-007305 | FTS Notice Ref: 2026-350876) NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as "the Authority") invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event which will inform the market of the Authority's intention to undertake a procurement process for the provision 'Integrated Discharge Support Scheme: Pathway Zero (0)' The Authority has published this PIN to support market engagement for this 'Integrated Discharge Support Scheme: Pathway Zero (0) Services only. Any future procurement opportunities pertaining to 'Integrated Discharge Support Scheme: Pathway Zero (0) Services', if undertaken, will be advertised with a separate call for competition via a relevant notice published in Find a Tender Service, once final. The Market Engagement event will take place virtually via MS Teams on Tuesday 03rd February 2026 from 10:00am - 11:00am. The event will offer an opportunity to engage with stakeholders and for prospective service providers to learn more about the service. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared. The provision of 'Integrated Discharge Support Scheme: Pathway Zero (0)' Services are support services for patients on Discharge Pathway Zero (0). The model will combine acute hospital in-reach and follow up community support. The Authority will outline their procurement process approach, which aims to be a competitive process to award a single contract to a single provider. Given the nature of the service, local presence and delivery in localities across Mid and South Essex will be important. The successful provider may seek to subcontract elements of the service where appropriate to VCFSE / SMEs. The event will offer an opportunity to engage with commissioners and for prospective service providers to learn more about the service. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared. To register interest in attending the engagement event please go to the e-procurement portal at: https://attain.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the 'sq_132 - Market Engagement Event: Integrated Discharge Support Scheme: Pathway Zero (0) for NHS Mid and South Essex ICB' project. The closing date for registering attendance is an hour before the event, which is 9:00am on Tuesday 03rd February 2026. The event will be recorded, and all materials will be shared with interested providers that have completed a formal expression of interest. Additional information: Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by you prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for your own commercial judgment. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service(s) or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the Authority and/or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice. Any and all information/documents are draft and subject to change. Under no circumstances should providers approach the Authority directly in relation to the service. The service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply.

See attached document PIN FINAL 06.06.23 for full details The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market that the Authority has made the decision that working with a collaboration of existing local providers, will be the best solution to provide an affordable, sustainable, and fully Integrated service model in Hertfordshire and West Essex. The Authority and its incumbents will work collaboratively to ensure delivery of the Integrated Urgent Assessment and Treatment Centre Service objectives, standards, and outcomes. Possible provider stakeholders could be, but are not limited to: • Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust • Primary medical care - GP practices and Primary Care Networks, GP Provider Companies/Federations • Herts Urgent Care (HUC) • Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust (EPUT) • Hertfordshire Community Trust (HCT) • East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) • Essex County Council, Hertfordshire County Council, District Councils • Voluntary sector This arrangement will be contracted via either an Alliance Contract or a Lead Provider arrangement, and by working collectively the providers will achieve better patient outcomes for Hertfordshire and West Essex and will help to facilitate a more integrated, resilient healthcare system. The contracting model will be agreed as part of the due diligence process. The Contract to be entered into by the Authority and the partnership of providers will be the NHS Standard Contract 2023/24, and subsequent revisions thereof. In addition to the NHS Standard Service Contract the providers will be required to agree and sign a Collaborative Agreement with each other and the Authority. The Contract is intended to run for 5 + 2 years commencing on the 01.11.2023. To participate in discussions regarding fulfilling the role of Integrated Urgent Assessment and Treatment Centre Service provider, a provider must: (i) be willing to work with a group of providers as outlined above (PAH and primary care as a minimum) (ii) have previous experience of multi-disciplinary integrated care service delivery, (iii) a willingness to sign up to appropriate system wide outcomes, (iv) have a good understanding of the local system and operating environment, and (v) have the necessary financial capabilities to hold and manage the scale of risk of overspend for the contract and be willing to participate as a part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) through taking a degree of income risk share and signing up to an Alliance Agreement with all other key provider stakeholders in the system. The Authority is inviting interested providers who are willing to make the commitment to collaboration in an alliance way of working, and who believe they have the necessary capabilities and experience set out above to respond to the Request for Information (RFI). Additional information: See attached document PIN FINAL 06.06.23 for full details In accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the services covered by the arrangement may change and expand as the partnerships develop through a Collaborative Contract. This process is being conducted via the Bravo E-Procurement Portal at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html Click on 'Register' and follow the on-screen instructions. This PIN is not commencing a competitive process but does not exclude new entrants to the collaborative either via partnering or subcontracting arrangements or the possibility of future procurement. The Authority will conduct a process that complies with the principles of transparency and equal treatment however the Authority is not required (and does not intend) to run the process in accordance with one of the specified procedures in the Regulations (e.g., Restricted, Open etc.). The Authority is, therefore, utilising the flexibilities available to them under the "light touch regime" in conducting this process. The Authority is not liable for any costs incurred by those responding to the PIN or relating RFI. https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html