Headspace Marion Centre - Request for Tender

⁠⁠⁠The headspace Marion Centre aims to deliver support and services for young people aged 12-25 years, with or at risk of, mild to moderate mental illness.

headspace Centres provide support across four core streams, including:

• Mental health
•  Physical/sexual health
•  Alcohol and other drugs
•  Vocational/education support

headspace Centres are underpinned by a local consortium / partnership model which seeks to draw together existing local service capacity, as well as creating additional capacity.

Adelaide PHN is seeking to commission the headspace Marion Centre, under the Prioritising Mental Health - National headspace Network Budget Measure, over the period January 2020 to 30 June 2022.

The successful applicant(s) will be required to establish the headspace Marion Centre within the City of Marion Local Government Area boundaries (refer Appendix A - Map 1 City of Marion Local Government Area).

Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations, including those outside of the Adelaide metropolitan region, to establish and deliver the headspace Marion Centre.

Tenders will be welcomed from private not-for-profit or private for-profit organisations that have the capacity and capability to deliver the services. Independent or joint (consortium, partnership or joint venture) tenders from any such organisations are welcomed. This invitation is not open to public sector agencies.

The successful applicant(s) will be expected to commence delivery of the services by 1 July 2020. The successful applicant(s) will be required to establish the service within the preceding six months (January - June 2020). A separate budget is available for establishment of the headspace Marion centre.

Adelaide PHN is one of 31 independent organisations nation-wide that are funded by the Australian Government to coordinate and improve primary health care services in their local areas.

The Australian Government's objectives for Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are that they will:
 

increase the efficiency and effectiveness of health services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes; and
 improve coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

Adelaide PHN's catchment area covers the Adelaide metropolitan area, reaching from Sellicks Hill to Angle Vale and from the foothills to the sea. It encompasses a community of some 1.2 million people.

Adelaide PHN aims to improve health outcomes for the community by commissioning services to address local needs. It is guided by community, clinical and stakeholder input

PROCESS: Potential applicants should read the Adelaide PHN headspace Marion Request for Tender Guidelines, available once registered with below link. The guidelines contain information on the service specifications and application process.

ENQUIRIES: Application enquiries should be directed via the online forum (see option below). The opportunity to submit queries through below link closes on 13 November 2019.

SUBMISSIONS: Completed responses must be submitted via the online application form. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt that will be timed and dated upon completion. Should assistance be required please use the online manual on the portal under Support/Online Manuals/Making a Submission or contact  Customer Support on 1800-233-533.