Expressions Of Interest NECS376 Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Support Teams in Schools Service NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG

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North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (the Contracting Authority and Commissioners) wish to alert the market to an exciting future service opportunity which will being shortly advertised and are at this stage seeking expressions of interest from any interested parties in order to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in this respect. The Contracting Authority has since December 2018, been at the forefront of pilot area project in conjunction with NHS England and Improvement North East and Cumbria of Trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in schools within the Newcastle and Gateshead CCG area localities and now wishes to progress in identifying suitable potential providers to take these services to the next evolutionary stage. The future service will be advertised as two lots, one lot for Newcastle (one MHST Team) and one lot for Gateshead (two MHST Teams). The anticipated financial envelope for these services GBP 642 296 per annum (Newcastle — GBP 220 164.50, Gateshead — GBP 422 131.50 ). It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express an interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Official Journal European Union (OJEU) and on contracts finder. It should be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is not a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of any future commitment to participate in any future activity related to this service nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the exercise.