DHSC: OHID: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) technical and implementation support, fidelity reviews, and training.

Procurement reference

C395516

Procurement description

A preliminary market engagement was held in October 2025 to share the draft specifications, proposed procurement approach, draft contract, and timetable, and to invite feedback from potential bidders.

The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking to commission an external partner to deliver the Provision of Lot 1 Individual Placement and Support (IPS) technical and implementation support, fidelity reviews, and Lot 2 Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Accredited training . For the next 3 financial years 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29.

The intention is to commission, in two lots but as part of one exercise:

Lot 1: A package of implementation and technical support for IPS teams that are newly mobilising or recently established, and approximately 135 IPS fidelity reviews or guided self-assessments (45 per year)

Lot 2: Approximately 60 training places for accredited qualifications (at least 16 per year).

This is in line with the commitment set out in the 2021 UK Drug Strategy and will bring IPS in community drug and alcohol treatment in line with IPS in secondary mental health services. Expanding access to IPS for drug and alcohol dependence is also a commitment of the 10 year plan for the NHS.

Key objectives:

Objectives are:

• Supporting recently mobilised sites to work up to high effectiveness.

• Supporting all sites to exceed OHID performance benchmarks and for at least 15 of sites to meet the standards of the IPS Grow Quality Mark.

• All sites that have been identified for IPS fidelity reviews to attain ‘good fidelity’ (100 points or over) by the end of the contract.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

• UKI3 - Inner London – West

Total value (estimated, excluding VAT)

3212162.00 GBP to 3212162.00GBP

Contract dates (estimated)

01 April 2026, 00:00AM to 31 March 2029, 23:59PM

Department of Health & Social Care

Procedure type

Open procedure

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

Description

Lot 1: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Technical Support fidelity reviews. A package of implementation and technical support for IPS teams that are newly mobilising or recently established. We require at least 15 Fidelity Reviews and 30 Guided Self-Assessments to be completed per year.

CPV classifications

• 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
• 80510000 - Specialist training services
• 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
• 85100000 - Health services

Delivery regions

• UKI3 - Inner London – West

Lot value (estimated)

2979113.00 GBP Excluding VAT

3574935.60 GBP Including VAT

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contract start date (estimated)

01 April 2026, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

31 March 2029, 23:59PM

Participation

Award criteria

Description

Lot 2 Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Accredited Training. At least 16 training places for accredited qualifications per year.

CPV classifications

• 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
• 80510000 - Specialist training services
• 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
• 85100000 - Health services

Delivery regions

• UKI3 - Inner London – West

Lot value (estimated)

233049.00 GBP Excluding VAT

279658.80 GBP Including VAT

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contract start date (estimated)

01 April 2026, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

31 March 2029, 23:59PM

Participation

Award criteria

Payment terms

Payment will be made for the cost of the services quarterly in arrears

Tender submission deadline

17 December 2025, 12:00PM

Date of award of contract

02 February 2026, 23:59PM

Submission address and any special instructions

Tender must be submitted via esourcing portal Atamis.The opportunity will be available on the Health Family Atamis eTendering System. You must be registered to have full access to all documents. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. Registration is free of charge. You can search for the project by using the contract reference.Once you have found the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on ‘My proposals and quotes’. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.

May tenders be submitted electronically?

Yes

Is this a recurring procurement?

No

Publication date of next tender notice (estimated)

03 July 2028, 23:59PM

Languages that may be used for submission

• English