4961/PS/LWM - Student Support and Online Therapy Sessions

4961/PS/LWM - Student Support and Online Therapy Sessions The University of Sheffield is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023.

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The University of Sheffield Mental Health, Counselling, Therapies and Wellbeing service offers students at the University a single point of contact to access a range of mental health and psychological wellbeing services both within the University of Sheffield and within the wider community.

The University intends to appoint a maximum of 4 suppliers to a framework agreement, to provide the following services: 1.

To provide online psychological therapy for students, working strictly to a 6 session model.

A typical session would be a maximum 1 hour.

2.

To ensure risk is managed by escalating and de-escalating appropriately, and routinely providing discharge summaries with outcome measures to the University Mental Health, Counselling, Therapies and Wellbeing service The initial term for this contract will be 2 years, with the potential for 2 further years in yearly increments subject to supplier performance.

Tender Process and Documentation: This is an open tender exercise.

The ITT can be downloaded from the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender, they must be submitted via the In-Tend System.

Your tender response must also be submitted through In-Tend to arrive by the date and time specified.

Late tenders will not be considered.