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retender Greater Essex Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI)

Essex County Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Essex County Council

Buyer Address: County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, UKH36, CM1 1QH, United Kingdom

Contact Email: jon.rockstad@essex.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
7987857.0 GBP
Published
06 Mar 2026, 14:36
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Sep 2028, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
85000000 - Health and social work services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Essex County Council as lead commissioner is seeking to procure a service for Individual Placement and Support for Serious Mental Illness (IPS for SMI). The IPS for SMI is an employment support service integrated with secondary care mental health services to assist people who experience severe mental health conditions to find paid work. ECC is the lead commissioner for this service on behalf of the three ICBs in Essex, namely Mid and South Essex (MSE), Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE ), and Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE). Please note that this service will not cover Hertfordshire or Suffolk. For the purposes of this procurement, this service is an ALL Essex service, which includes the Unitary Authorities of Southend and Thurrock.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

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