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Request for Proposal (RFP)

Early Psychosis Youth Services (EPYS) Program – Lead Agency (PAC096A)

Capital Health Network (CHN) is seeking to commission the Early Psychosis Youth Service (EPYS) Program in the ACT, providing early intervention mental health care for young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing a first episode of psychosis, as well as those identified as ultra-high risk for the development of psychosis in the future. The EPYS Program is based on the Orygen Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) Model and operates from headspace Centres as headspace Early Psychosis (hEP).

CHN is inviting applications from potential providers to:

  • Develop, establish, and provide the EPYS Program in the ACT as a hEP service, including meeting EPPIC fidelity and all requirements of the headspace National Trade Mark Licence Deed.
  • Consult with key stakeholders, including service providers, young people, and community members, to localise the service model, ensure system integration, and support accessibility, among other activities.
  • Work closely with Canberra Health Services (CHS) and the Specialist Youth Mental Health Outreach (SYMHO) service to reduce duplication, outline pathways for cooperation, and explore avenues to develop an integrated service model.
  • Deliver education and increase awareness around psychosis as a mental health condition, including its presentation, risk factors, case detection, prevention, and intervention.
  • Recruit a skilled multidisciplinary workforce to provide optimistic, person-centered, recovery-focused and trauma-informed early psychosis care for young people.

Important Dates

The RFP process commences Monday, 3 July 2023.

The closing date and time for this RFP is 5.00pm Monday, 14 August 2023.

A briefing session will be held at 10.00am Tuesday 11 July 2023 – please register your interest by emailing tenders@chnact.org.au.

Questions and request for information close at 5.00pm on Friday, 4 August 2023. Questions and requests for information must be submitted in writing to tenders@chnact.org.au.

Additional Information

All applications must be submitted on the Response form as a pdf to tenders@chnact.org.au

For all tender documentation:

  1. Q&A: Early Psychosis Youth Services (EPYS) Program – Lead Agency
  2. Request for Proposal briefing session – Early Psychosis Youth Services (EPYS) Program – Lead Agency
  3. Request for Proposal (RFP)
  4. RFP Response Form
  5. EPPIC Model and Service Implementation Guide
  6. Orygen EPPIC Model Briefing Pack
  7. Australian Clinical Guidelines for Early Psychosis
  8. Revised EPPIC Model Integrity Tool
  9. Roles and responsibilities in the commissioning (new & existing) of the headspace Early Psychosis program
  10. Grand Pacific Health Letter of Commitment – EPYS (ACT)

Responses to questions and requests for information will be provided to all interested parties, and these responses will subsequently be included in the Q&A document linked above. We recommend that potential applicants review this document regularly to ensure they remain aware of any key information.

This Approach to Market is funded utilising Primary Health Network program funding from the Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care.