Published date: 13 April 2022

This notice was replaced on 1 June 2022

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Awarded contract (published 30 September 2022)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

tender_303999/1060634

Published date

13 April 2022

Closing date

10 May 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The pan Essex Integrated LD Commissioning Team have been successful in its bid for NHSE Funding to implement a Keyworker Service for Children and Young People (C&YP) with Learning Disabilities (LD) and or Autism, on behalf of the Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET) Transforming Care Partnership (TCP). The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the requirement to reduce the number of C&YP with learning disabilities and autism placed in an in-patient setting to between 12-15 per million population. Building the Right Support has three key outcomes that the SET TCP is committed to delivering; improving the quality of life for people in inpatient services and community settings, improving the quality of care for people in inpatient services and community settings, and to reduce reliance on inpatient settings.

The Keyworker Service aims to achieve these outcomes by recruiting Keyworkers over the next 2 years to work with those C&YP most at risk of admission, to help them navigate the system whilst holding it to account in its development/action of plans of care agreed/required to reduce this risk. The Keyworker Service is expected to deliver the following National Metrics:
-By the end of March 2023, all children & young people (C&YP) identified as red or amber on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) will have a named Keyworker
-By the end of March 2023, all C&YP placed in a Tier 4 Inpatient Service will have a named Keyworker

This will be a joint procurement via a one stage tender under the Light Touch Regime, undertaken by the participating Contracting Authorities, NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Thurrock CCG, NHS North East Essex CCG, and NHS West Essex CCG, herein known as "the Authority," to award a contract for provision of the Keyworker Service for a period of three years, which assumes a phased recruitment plan post award to the successful provider, from 1st February 2022 - 31st January 2025, at an aggregate contract value of up to £2.5m over such term. The indicative date for the ITT to be released is 1st June 2022.

The Authority invites interested providers to attend a virtual pre-procurement market engagement event which will be broadcast via Microsoft (MS) Teams. The format of the event will be a presentation from the commissioners followed by a Q&A for Bidders. The information gathered will support commissioners to understand better the service model to put in place and will be used to inform the approach to the procurement process. All organisations wishing to attend the event must complete, and return a Booking Form via Attain's the eProcurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) via Current Opportunities (Ref "sq_64") by no later than 10th May 2022 at 17:00.

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The Service falls within Schedule 3 ('social and other specific services', also known as the "Light Touch" Regime) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ('PPAR 2020').

Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by potential Bidders prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for their own commercial judgement. The commissioners reserve the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the commissioners and / or their advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice.

All organisations wishing to attend the event must complete, and return a Booking Form via Attain's the eProcurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) via Current Opportunities (Ref "sq_64 - Pan Essex Keyworker Service for Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities and or Autism - Market Engagement Event") by no later than 10th May 2022 at 17:00.

A link to enable access to the Webinar will be issued via the eProcurement Portal 48hours prior to the event.

About the buyer

Contact name

NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group

Address

Pearl House, 12 Castle Road
Rayleigh
SS6 7QF
England

Email

amy.wilson@attain.co.uk

Website

https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html