NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups: Weston Crisis Cafe

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group is intending to shortly commence procurement for a crisis café service based in central Weston-Super-Mare. In order to inform the commissioning process, the commissioner is looking to establish what interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified, capable and competent organisations.

The contract is anticipated to be for an initial duration of two years, with an option at the Commissioner's discretion to extend for up to one additional year, and the draft financial envelope is expected to be £217,000 per annum for a 7 day service running 6pm - midnight. This envelope has been based on the expectation that the service would be based on a non-medical model.

To access this questionnaire, interested parties should register on the e-procurement system In-Tend on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home and express an interest in the project 'BNSSG Healthy Weston Mental Health Safe Haven (Crisis Cafe Weston)'. The provider questionnaire is available to view and download via the In-Tend system.

Interested parties are asked to complete and return the provider questionnaire by 6.00 pm on the return date of 01/03/2019 via the correspondence facility on the e-procurement system In-Tend. This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Please note this Early Engagement Notice has been issued purely to gauge potential interest in the service, and does not currently form part of any formal procurement process. Interested parties should note that a response to this Notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.

Additional information: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Commissioner is looking to establish what interest there might be in providing such a service from suitably qualified, capable and competent organisations.

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course. Interested providers will be able to view this notice and access the questionnaire by following the link below: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home