Procurement of NHS Greater Manchester’s continuation of Nature for Health Green Social Prescribing Programme.
Please read all information as there are different application processes for different elements of the overall programme.
Update 23rd June:
Please be aware that the deadline for proposal submissions for both Element 1 and Element 3 has now changed to the end of day on 7th June 2024. This is a change from 17:00 on 4th June 2024. We hope that this will give you some much needed extra time.
The procurement documentation has been amended to reflect this change, please be aware that the webinar recording cannot be changed, so bear this in mind if watching it – the submission date is no longer 17:0 on 4th June.
Additionally, since PDF documents can be difficult to add content into, the template response documents are now word documents to help with the formatting of your responses.
Background to the programme
NHS Greater Manchester are commissioning the following Green Social Prescribing opportunities:
– Developing a value-for-money model towards a cost-benefit analysis, including exploring health service demand, costs and benefits of the interventions and ability to address health inequalities
– Building models for sustainable funding, including through activity provider collaboratives, shared investment models and procurement models that work for GSP
NHS Greater Manchester’s Model of Delivery; The key workstreams
There are various workstreams being delivered which make up the wider programme. This procurement includes opportunities to be a part of the programme, and to receive funding, to deliver on Workstream 1 and Workstream 3.
Workstream 1: Targeted outreach and delivery for ethnic minority communities facing the biggest health inequalities: Using Health Index Scores to prioritise geographic impact we will deliver programmes in the localities of Manchester, Salford, Oldham, and Tameside, all of which have consistently had the worst Health Index Score across Greater Manchester (detailed in ‘Annex 1 – Health Data’). Rochdale, while also scoring incredibly low, will form part of the severe mental health workstream so will not be included in Workstream 2. We will commission three to four delivery partners in these priority localities, prioritising high quality delivery and data collection to achieve the best patient outcomes and quality data for an economic evaluation.
Workstream 2: Addressing severe mental health needs: In collaboration with Pennine Care’s Early Intervention Teams (EITs), we will identify patients with severe mental health issues who may benefit from a referral onto a green social prescribing programme. Individuals will participate in therapeutic horticultural activities such as food cultivation, garden care, tree planting, and bushcraft. From our previous programme experience, these activities have been proven to effectively support the recovery of mental wellness, within the protective framework of a professionally facilitated environment. We will deliver these programmes across three localities with around 40-60 participants in each locality across the year. This is to ensure the programmes are safe and effective, given the higher level of support required.
Workstream 3: GM-wide GSP Learning Network: building on the success of our original programme, we will offer centralised learning and collaboration opportunities to organisations and individuals across the health system, the VCSE sector and the natural environment sector. We will bring people together to share ideas, discuss learning, and take part in organised workforce training events, thereby supporting and developing the sector as a whole, aiding longer term sustainability of delivery.
Workstream 4: Economic evaluation workstream: A pivotal component underpinning our approach is a detailed economic evaluation encompassing cost analysis of our interventions, its return-on-investment, and effectiveness of resource allocation. Despite the challenge of conducting such an evaluation within a year, as well as using the programme outcome data from the delivery of the programmes outlined in workstreams 1 and 2, the evaluation will also leverage existing GM health system data, interviews with key stakeholders including funders and commissioners, and will aim to incorporate insights from other recent related research.
Invitation to Quote for Workstream 1: Targeted outreach and delivery for ethnic minority communities facing the biggest health inequalities
– A total of £90,000 in funding is available for this workstream and we anticipate funding 3-4 delivery partners in total across 3-4 localities.
– Each individual proposal to request up to a maximum funding amount of £30,000 (inclusive of VAT) to fulfil all requirements and criteria.
– As communicated in the above key workstreams, we are focusing our efforts on the localities of Manchester, Salford, Oldham, and Tameside.
– Proposals must focus on GSP referral activities and delivery of programmes within these localities. We understand this may be disappointing to organisations in the other localities, however, we are taking a targeted, data-driven approach which addresses the worst health inequalities which is a key outcome of the national programme.
If you are interested in putting forward a proposal for this workstream, please carefully read the supporting information and specific requirements included in the document ‘ITQ GSP Health Inequality Delivery Supporting Information’.
Once you have read through the supporting information document, please use the document ‘ITQ GSP Health Inequality Delivery Template for Response’ to complete your proposal. Send your completed proposal to gmhscp.pcca@nhs.net by the end of day on 7th June 2024.
Invitation to Quote for Workstream 3: GM-wide GSP Learning Network
– A total of £20,000 (inclusive of VAT) in funding is available for this workstream. We anticipate funding one partner to deliver all of the work required in this workstream, though we would also welcome partnership approaches.
– Since we have a very limited time to deliver GSP programmes as part of this funding, it is essential that you can demonstrate prior GSP collaboration and network experience either individually or via your partnership.
If you are interested in putting forward a proposal for this workstream, please carefully read the supporting information and specific requirements included in the document ‘ITQ GSP Health Inequality Delivery Supporting Information’.
Once you have read through the supporting information document, please use the document ‘ITQ GSP Health Inequality Delivery Template for Response’ below to complete your proposal.
Send your completed proposal to gmhscp.pcca@nhs.net by the end of day on 7th June 2024.
Further information
Further questions?
Please ensure you have read all information, including the list of questions above. If you still have questions, please direct queries to gmhscp.pcca@nhs.net
