Forensic Step-down Supported Living Service

The Trust intends to award a contract under the Competitive Process of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the provision of a Forensic Step-down Supported Living Service. The service will provide a specialist, structured step-down pathway for adults who are clinically ready to move on from low and/or medium secure mental health services but who continue to require forensic-informed rehabilitation, support and risk management.

The service comprises 18 units of accommodation arranged across high-support and low-support elements of the pathway. This is a new service and a new provider.

Description II.2.4 The Trust intends to award a contract under the Competitive Process of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the provision of a Forensic Step-down Supported Living Service. The service will provide a specialist, structured step-down pathway for adults who are clinically ready to move on from low and/or medium secure mental health services but who continue to require forensic-informed rehabilitation, support and risk management.

The service comprises 18 units of accommodation arranged across high-support and low-support elements of the pathway. This is a new service model replacing existing arrangements.

The Trust intends to award the contract to a new provider. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £5,319,958.35, excluding VAT.

This is inclusive of the specified extension provisions. The intended contract term is five years from 4 January 2027, ending 4 January 2032, with extension provisions for an additional 2 years, as set out within the procurement documentation.

Additional information: The contract award criteria are specified within the procurement documents. The evaluation was undertaken against the published award criteria and associated weightings detailed within the Invitation to Tender documentation.