Tender: Digital Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People – NHS Somerset ICB (Commencing 1 April 2027)

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NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board is seeking a Prime Provider to deliver a digitally enabled mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children and young people in Somerset that improves access to timely support, enables early intervention and prevention, reduces inequalities in access and experience, and helps children and young people access the right support at the right time. The service must operate as part of Somerset's wider emotional wellbeing and mental health system and complement existing statutory, education, community and voluntary sector provision while providing a safe, accessible and inclusive environment for support, information, advice and guidance. TUPE is not likely to apply. The contract term is five years with an optional extension of up to two years; the Commissioner has a maximum financial envelope of £750,000 excluding VAT for the initial five-year term, with an extension option of £150,000 per annum giving a maximum possible contract value of £1,050,000 excluding VAT over seven years. The new service will commence on 1 April 2027. NHS Somerset ICB, NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB and NHS Dorset ICB are working in a formal clustering arrangement to merge into a single organisation effective 1 April 2027, and this procurement is being run by NHS South, Central & West on behalf of the commissioners; SCW is currently restructuring and procurement management may move to a successor during the process, with bidders informed of any change.