Recommissioning of Mental Health Support Services (MHSS) in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex
Early November 2024, NHS Sussex, Brighton and Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council published invitations to tender for Lead Provider for the recommissioning of Mental Health Support Services (MHSS) in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex. The contracts will be for a five-year period, beginning in 2025.
As the existing Lead Provider of MHSS in Brighton and Hove (UOK Brighton and Hove) as well as in East Sussex (UOK East Sussex), in November and December 2024, we invited providers to inform our tender submission to continue in the role in Brighton and Hove and take on the Lead Provider opportunity in West Sussex.
To support this, we hosted four partner engagement workshops. We also invited providers to submit ‘Expressions of Interest forms’ to provide us with a better understanding of what level of commitment and responsibility they may wish to make, as well as ideas that can strengthen the total support offer that the partnership could deliver.
“Thank you to everybody who participated in our four partner engagement workshops and submitted Expression of Interest Forms . I also greatly appreciate the many individual meetings that have taken place with myself, Sonia Mangan, and Brooke Joyce. Your generosity with your insights, time, and thoughtful considerations is deeply valued as we work together to make a meaningful difference for the future of mental health services across Sussex. I would also like to express my gratitude to the members of the Lived Experience Advisory Groups, supported by Capital and Possibility People, for their invaluable contributions about what truly matters to people with lived experience of mental health issues in their communities.” – Neil Blanchard, our Chief Executive
Expressions of Interest
The closing date to submit an Expression of Interest form has now closed.
Thank you to all the providers that submitted a form. We really appreciate your support and look forward to speaking with you in January 2025.
Useful resources
If you have any questions or queries please contact us at: MHSSRecommissioning.SouthdownTender@southdown.org