CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Mental and emotional health support service for those whose work focus is exclusively the management

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Description of the goods or services required

The NHS Wales Health Collaborative works on behalf of NHS Wales and in support of Welsh Government. Consideration needs to be given to the resilience required of this workforce, recognising the intensive focus on suicide and self harm, the risk factors, the loss of life, often known to have taken place in distressing circumstances, and the impact of deaths by suicide on people close to those who die, and their wider contacts and communities. Throughout the work, care is taken to ensure that people engaged in conversations about suicide and self harm are encouraged to think about their own health and wellbeing, to recognise when they might be emotionally triggered, and to seek support. However, there is nothing currently in place to ensure that those working exclusively on this area of work, have a support system available to them. The workforce has engaged a clinical psychologist to help them to identify their needs, with reference to the evidence base supporting peer and clinical supervision , and they would value the following key components of a service:

-a regularly scheduled supervision session for the group(s) (e.g.: bi-monthly/every 2 months)

-a scheduled 1:2:1 for each individual worker twice a year (currently between 5-10 individuals)

-rapid access to a 1:2:1 session as needed/ad hoc should an issue arise, or distress be experienced or triggered by any individual

-group sessions that are non-work/socially focussed for broader supportive conversations amongst the team (frequency to be determined without requiring professional supervisor input, which may or may not be facilitated by the provider)

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=126574

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

As per ITT documents

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

As set out in the tender documents.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CAV-ITT-PROJECT51819

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Please note additional information on this procurement:

1.The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and

not award any contract.

2.Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.

3.The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date.

4.All documents to be priced (where applicable)in sterling and all payments made in sterling.

5.All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.

6.In reference to II.1.9 (Variants)to the extent permitted, if at all, in the tender documents.

7.Prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale ULHB

(WARef:68590)

(WARef:70945)

(WARef:71318)

(WA Ref:126574)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice