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Mental Health Services review- preliminary market engagement
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Swindon Borough Council is inviting suppliers to participate in a preliminary market engagement relating to a comprehensive review of mental health support services within the council’s local area. The engagement seeks to gather expert insight that will help shape the specification and commercial framework for a forthcoming procurement that aims to replace or supplement the current array of commissioned services, including preventive, community‑based, recovery‑focused, and independence‑promoting interventions. By evaluating current capacity, capability and innovations, the council intends to explore a range of delivery models—potentially a single contract or multiple lots such as community prevention, specialist recovery or crisis avoidance—and to identify opportunities for co‑design and collaborative approaches that will improve outcomes for residents, families and the wider community.
The engagement will inform the development of a sustainable, person‑centred, strengths‑based delivery model under a forthcoming contract that may start with a pre‑mobilisation period on 1 January 2027, with a baseline term of four years and possible extension. The services to be procured fall under the Health and Social Work CPV classifications (8500 0000, 8530 0000, 8532 3000) and must be delivered within the Swindon local authority area (UKK14).
Description
Swindon Borough Council is undertaking a comprehensive review of commissioned mental health support across the locality. The aim is to better understand current provision, identify gaps, and explore opportunities to reshape services to improve outcomes for residents, families, and communities.
The Council is seeking supplier insight to inform the development of a future delivery model that is sustainable, person centred, strengths based, and aligned with emerging needs and local priorities.
As part of the Council’s Adult Services transformation activity, we are reviewing the range of mental health support currently commissioned in Swindon. This includes preventative and community based support, recovery focused services, and interventions designed to promote independence, wellbeing, and social inclusion.
We wish to engage with the market to:
• build an understanding of current capacity, capability, and innovations;
• test early thinking on potential delivery models; and
• identify opportunities for co design and collaborative approaches to improve resident outcomes.
The Council is exploring whether the future mental health support offer should be commissioned as a single contract or divided into Lots (for example: community based prevention, specialist recovery support, or crisis avoidance support).
We welcome supplier views on the feasibility and benefits of a Lot based approach as part of this preliminary engagement.
The Council has not yet determined the preferred contract duration for the future mental health support delivery model. Feedback received through this Preliminary Market Engagement will inform the development of an appropriate contract term and potential extension options. Therefore, all timeframes and values provided at this stage are indicative only
PLEASE NOTE: Contract start, end, and extension dates are subject to change and will be confirmed following market feedback and finalisation of the commissioning strategy. Costs and timelines shared here are indicative only at this stage.
The estimated contract value is expected to fall within a broad range appropriate for the scale of mental health support provision in the locality. Final values will be informed by market feedback and confirmed in future procurement documentation.
The contract is intended to commence with a premobilisation period on 1 January 2027
Contract location: UKK14
Engagement process description
Mental Health Support Review for Swindon Borough Council
Engagement Process Description
To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the Preliminary Market Engagement documents. Responses to the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire are required to be submitted no later than 13th March 2026, 15:00 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
DN807363
Lot: 1
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En