Crisis House - Kent & Medway

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board are undertaking a procurement process and are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for a Crisis House service.

The anticipated contract duration will be for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years as required.

The service is a Schedule 3 Service and is being procured under the Light Touch Regime(LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The objectives of the Crisis House project are to commission one 5-bedded Adult Mental Health Crisis Houses in Kent and Medway.

The crisis house will be for when someone is experiencing a period of acute psychological distress, associated with a mental health problem (which may or may not have been given a formal diagnosis).

The crisis may be a sudden deterioration of an existing mental health difficulty or they may be experiencing mental health difficulties for the first time.

They need immediate treatment and/or care and/or support in order to prevent further deterioration in their mental or physical wellbeing and to help avoid hospital admission.

A Crisis House is a service that offers short-term residential mental health crisis interventions and support for a duration of up to 7 days, for individuals who are experiencing mental health crisis.

To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating to this opportunity, please follow the instructions below: 1) Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register (if your organisation has not registered previously) 2.

Once registered, login to the system and look for "Quote/tender C231334 - Crisis House - Kent and Medway" The annual value of the Crisis House service will be £600,000.