Suffolk NHS Talking Therapies Wellbeing Service

This is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for NHS Talking Therapy Services for Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk localities.

The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 10 - The Most Suitable Provider Process has been used to procure this service.

This is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for NHS Talking Therapy Services for Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk localities to Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new contract for an existing service to be delivered by an existing provider of this service.

The Talking Therapies service will provide community orientated, evidence-based psychological therapies to the Suffolk population from the age of 16. The service is aligned to the national NHS TT manual and supports the Suffolk Mental Health ambitions. The service is expected to take a 'needs led' approach, such that people with needs that can be met by the service should be enabled to engage in a way that suits them and offered a timely initial appointment and any subsequent therapeutic appointments.

The service will take an approach that empowers individuals to take charge of their treatment and interventions. Aiming to equip people with the skills and tools to achieve 'recovery', continue to apply this recovery to their life, through community assets, and embed this to maintain recovery in the long-term.

The service will continue to be an integral member of the system to ensure it remains flexible to the evolving needs of the integrated care organisation and continue to offer an appropriate service. Work with key policy associated with system partners will be required, such as the Fuller Report for primary care, to respond to operating changes in the system such as development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and the delivery of primary care at scale.

The contract will be awarded with an initial contract term of 5 years (60 months) and a potential extension period of up to 5 years (60 months), maximum term of 120 months (the "Proposed Contract") commencing on 1st September 2024. The total aggregated value of contract will be £143,000,000 which is an annual value of £14.3 million (the "Proposed Contract"). The contract value will be subject to annual inflation/deflation at national NHS rates as prescribed in NHS Payment Scheme guidance. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.