Published date: 21 July 2023
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
AL8 6JL
Value of contract
£1,500,000
Procurement reference
tender_351818/1239203
Published date
21 July 2023
Closing date
24 February 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 May 2023
Contract end date
30 April 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that following a compliant procurement process,
Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract to deliver a Children
& Young People's Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex and Thurrock.
This service is being commissioned by Herts and West Essex ICB as the lead commissioner on behalf of the county and in conjunction with Mid & South Essex integrated Care Board and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board as associate commissioners.
The Crisis Support Service provides therapeutic support, based on the provision such as the trauma
informed attachment focussed therapy model, as an example. This will enable parents and carers to adopt
and maintain a therapeutic parenting approach.
The key outcomes of the service are to:
- Alleviate the stress of social isolation, concerns about managing a CYP with emotional, anxiety or other
non-MH crisis related issues
- Support families who are worried, exhausted about their CYP
- Reduce attendances at A&E for crisis
- Reduce the negative impact of life stressors on family life
- Impact measurements for each family
The initial contract is for a period of 3-years starting on 1st May 2023 with the option to extend for a
further 2-years (1st May 2026 - 30th April 2028).
The submitted bid price for the 3-year period is £619,891 (excl. VAT). The value expressed within this
notice is the potential total aggregate value which includes any potential options or extensions.
The Authority may wish to introduce additional services and/or expand services during the lifetime of the
contract ("Contract modification(s)"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional
requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any
given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority and / or
other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the Bidder should be aware
that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation
to the contract to include services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
Award information
Awarded date
30 June 2023
Contract start date
1 May 2023
Contract end date
30 April 2026
Total value of contract
£1,500,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Barnardos
Address
Barnardo House, Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 1QG
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
Yes
About the buyer
Contact name
Sarah Beaumont
Address
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
England
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Closing: 24 February 2023, 12pm