Capital Health Network (CHN), the ACT’s Primary Health Network (PHN), is seeking to commission a lead agency to establish and deliver the new Tuggeranong Medicare Mental Health Centre (MMHC). Medicare Mental Health Centres were formerly known as Head to Health centres.

CHN is inviting applications from potential providers to:

• Develop, establish, and operate the Tuggeranong MMHC as an accessible and highly visible entry point to services for people experiencing psychological distress, including person-centred, high-quality, and culturally safe assessment, navigation support, and mental health interventions.
• Provide core service elements outlined by the national Service Model, including:
• Responding to people in significant distress;
• Providing a central point to connect people to other services in the region;
• Providing in-house assessment, including information and support to access services; and,
• Providing evidence-based and evidence-informed immediate support and short-to-medium term episodes of care.
• Engage a skilled multidisciplinary team and build strong relationships with health and wellbeing services and workforce across the region to enable integrated and effective care.

Important Dates

A briefing session will be held at 11:00am Thursday 11th July – please register your interest via Eventbrite link

Questions and request for information close at 5:00 pm Thursday 18th July 2024. 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. Click here to obtain a copy of the tender documentation.

Responses to questions and requests for information will be provided to all interested applicants who have registered their details via contacting tenders@chnact.org.au and/or registered to attend the Briefing Session. These Q&As will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon unless otherwise indicated on the tender documentation.

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