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

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

North Wales: Integrated working between LA, Health and CAMHS - Research & Strategy Development.

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

This ITT seeks to identify a research partner with the capacity to support the Local Authority and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board partners in producing a strategy for improved working with the Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service in North Wales to achieve improved therapeutic outcomes for children and young people.

The strategy developed will support Local Authority and CAMHS partners in North Wales to develop a

response to the recommendations of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales in her report ‘No Wrong Door’

that:

“Regional Partnership Boards should plan and implement a ‘No Wrong Door’ approach to mental health and

well-being”.

The Commissioners are seeking to commission the development of options that would form the blueprint /

strategy for a ‘No Wrong Door’ approach in North Wales that:

1) builds on approaches, good practice and learning that already exists within the region;

2) identifies and provides solutions for gaps/ areas that need strengthening within the system

3) looks at the continuum of support and therapy provision from prevention, early help through to providing

safe accommodation for children and young people with especially complex needs (taking account of the

recent national report on this;

4) reviews approaches and learning in other areas of the UK;

5) develops a coherent and consistent approach that meets the principals of ‘No Wrong Door’ within a

regional framework that is responsive to local demand and need

The Commissioners require the work to be completed by 31 March 2021 which would then enable them to

move to an implementation phase.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=105829.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

To be considered for this opportunity bidders must demonstrate and evidence in their bid that they:

1) Possess an understanding / a history of successfully working within the field in which the research &

development project is required;

2) Possess the expertise and experience to undertake a thorough programme of research and identify credible

options (solutions) for addressing identified challenges. Having personal experience (or having members of a

research team with experience) of working within Childrens Social Care and Children and Adolescent Mental

Health Services is considered essential for this project;

3) Possess an in-depth knowledge of the challenges facing the social care and health care sectors in Wales and

the challenges faced in delivering effective partnership working between Local Authorities and Health Boards

with specific regard to the working relationship between Local Authority and Children & Adolescent Mental

Health Services (CAMHS);

4) Possess a proven track record in identifying alternative models of delivering services with a proven track

record in developing the strategies required to successfully move services from the current operating model to

an alternative operating model that achieves improved partnership working and improved outcomes for

children and young people;

5) Possess a proven track record in undertaking consultation with relevant stakeholders. Consultation with

children / young people and their families / carers with lived experience of accessing services for those with

complex support needs will be an essential element of the work to be undertaken by the successful bidder;

6) Possess the capacity to undertake the work required within the timescales required by the Commissioner.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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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 that as part of the tendering exercise interviews will be held with prospective suppliers on the 14th & 15th January 2021.

(WA Ref:105829)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice