NHS Kent and Medway aims to provide a Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) model to provide children young people and their families with access to high quality, child centred, safe and effective primary and specialist mental health services.
Reference number: P2011-004
Deadline date: 27/03/2012
This deadline is for… Bidders submitting their Bid via e-sourcing portal
Contract value: £14,800,000 – £15,800,000
Location where the contract is to be carried out: Kent
Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? No
Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? Yes
Name of the buying organisation: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent
Description of the contract
NHS Kent and Medway aims to provide a Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) model to provide children young people and their families with access to high quality, child centred, safe and effective primary and specialist mental health services.
How to apply
To ensure operation in a fair and controlled manner, the Commissioner will conduct the procurement using a web-based system – sometimes referred to as an eSourcing portal. Registration and use of the eSourcing portal is free of charge and places providers under no obligation to participate. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete registration. Once registered, providers will be able to view the procurements being conducted, and may use the system to express their interest in any procurement. Providers who express an interest will be notified automatically of events throughout the procurement process. Providers can use the system to access the pre-qualification documents and other material for procurements in which they have expressed an interest. The eSourcing portal is a third party service operated by BravoSolution. Providers who encounter problems registering on the eSourcing portal should contact the BravoSolution help desk by email at help@bravosolution.co.uk or by telephone on UK number 0800 011 2470. The help desk is available Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm UK time. Providers will be able to use the eSourcing portal to download the MOI, to register their interest, to download the ITT, and to upload their completed ITT How to register A provider who wishes to participate in a procurement but who has not already registered with the eSourcing portal, must register as follows: 1. Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk 2. Click the link ‘Click here to register’ 3. Accept the terms and conditions by clicking ‘Continue’ 4. Enter the correct business and user details 5. Note the username chosen and click ‘Save’ when complete The provider will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). Providers who require any further assistance on the eSourcing portal should use the online help, or contact the BravoSolution help desk as above To express an interest in this procurement, a provider must: 1.Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk 2. Login using their username/password 3. Click the link ‘Open Access ITTs’ (these are Invitation To Tender open to any registered provider) 4. Click the link for Innovation Broker ITT to access the content. 5. Click the button ‘Express Interest’ in the box ‘Actions’ on the left-hand side of the page. This will move the ITT into the ‘My ITTs’ page. 6. Click on the ITT code, and access any attachments by clicking the link ‘Settings and Buyer Attachments’ in the box ‘Actions’ 7. Choose to ‘Reply’ or ‘Reject’ (please give a reason if rejecting) 8. Optionally use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the Commissioner and seek any clarification 9. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT Providers who require any further assistance on the eSourcing portal should use the online help, or contact the BravoSolution help desk as above.