Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf0-ac49-71bc-9b10-ddc9571a2b58/nhs-england-specialised-commissioning-specialist-inpatient-mother-and-baby-units closed GB open procedure # NHS England Specialised Commissioning Specialist Inpatient Mother and Baby Units within the Perinatal Mental Health Services [NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-south-central-and-west-commissioning-support-unit) Estimated value £40,000,000 Published 2 Dec 2016 Deadline Closed 12 Jan 2016 ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender NHS South Central & West Commissioning Support Unit wishes to identify on behalf of NHS England Specialised Commissioning provider(s) for 4 additional 8 bedded Perinatal Inpatient Units (also known as Mother and Baby Units) and is looking for applications for providers for the following areas: - Lot 1 North West (Cumbria and Lancashire) - Lot 2 South West (Cornwall, Devon and Somerset) - Lot 3 East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk and Cambridgeshire) - Lot 4 South East Coast ### Bidders may bid for one or more lots Women who require specialist treatment for mental health problems in the perinatal period need different facilities and service response from those provided by general adult mental health services. The objectives of the service are: - To ensure that women and their families have timely access to the right level of recovery focused care. - If admission is required, to ensure that this will be to a Specialised In-Patient Mother and Baby Unit without delay so that no woman is unnecessarily separated from her baby. - To safely and effectively meet the special needs and requirements, both emotional and physical, of mothers and infants. - To provide specialist medical, nursing, psychological and statutory social care for mother and infant. - To provide supervision, support, assistance and guidance in the care (both physical and emotional) of the infant whilst the mother is ill. - To respond in a timely manner to emergency requests for assessment and advice. - To ensure the integration in a seamless fashion of all components of care through access to discharge from the Service. - To achieve the earliest resolution of the maternal mental illness whilst promoting the care and developing relationship with the infant. - To assess and proactively manage high risk women with a prior history of serious mental illness to prevent avoidable recurrences in pregnancy and the postpartum period. - To ensure that women, partners/significant others and families are able to make informed decisions about care and treatment, where they are able, including through provision of appropriate information and signposting to other relevant support Further information can be obtained at: [in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) Read full description ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/30f13282-8ea9-4782-9725-4842c7ac8298) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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