Published date: 21 June 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£9,833,000
Procurement reference
M-19-04 ITT
Published date
21 June 2019
Closing date
24 July 2019
Contract start date
1 November 2019
Contract end date
1 November 2024
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?
No
Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit are conducting this procurement on behalf of
NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group.
The procurement requires Primary Care Primary Care Mental Health Services including IAPT steps 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Most people with mental health problems are cared for by their GP with one in four GP consultations
containing a mental health component. The CCG is committed to providing high quality, safe, treatment and
care which is known to be effective and accessible.
The CCG recognises that, to enable Primary Care Mental Health Services (PCMH) to successfully deliver
expected outcomes and support the recovery of Service Users, services need to work together as a system to
provide holistic care and treatment, identify any gaps in service provision and ensure that communication
with Service Users, providers and commissioners is maintained.
Mental health issues incorporate a potential myriad of social, interpersonal and psychological distress. On
occasions, further interventions and support may be required, be it employment or debt advice or support
following bereavement.
During 2018- 19, the CCG and Local Authority have integrated to become St Helens Cares. This Integrated
approach has been supported by the Kings Fund and Nationally recognised as good practice.
GP forward View describes the development of GP localities into GP Hubs - which may commission and
provide local based services for their population. They may do this a standalone practice from shared
premises or GPs coming together /merging as larger practices.
It will be a service that:
• Is population-based, pro-active, preventative and vigilant in nature;
• Offers support, secures enduring recovery, resilience and well-being for service users and carers;
• Has GPs, as accountable clinicians, at its heart;
• Brings together a robust, vibrant menu of services to wrap round the individual and improve their mental,
physical and social resilience.
These services will be delivered by the NHS, Local Authority and Voluntary Sector working together,
providing an integrated offer to support GPs, their patients and carers. St Helens CCG will also act as a
coordinating function, aligned with a wider network of other community-based services and providing
seamless access to those services.
St Helens CCG is governed by Cheshire and Merseyside Health Partnership.
The CCG population is 197,184 and the estimated prevalence of Common Mental Health Disorders is 29,159
as reported by NHS England (CCG Planning Assurance Guidance).
St. Helens has a high level of deprivation and unemployment, and we are a regional and national outlier for
high incidence of suicide.
There is a strong relationship between prevalence of recorded common mental health problems and
deprivation of usual residence of patients. This service will need to deliver the nationally mandated targets
set for IAPT.
This contract will be required to deliver steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the IAPT service.
More information
Additional text
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Closing date for requests to participate 24/7/19 13.00
Closing date for receipt of tenders 24/7/19 14.00
The contract duration shall be 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
The estimated total value of the project is £9,833,000 for the five-year period with clawback the following items:
A funding for staff described by the bidder in the bid document who ends up as a vacancy bidders will have up to 75% of the
cost of the staff described withdrawn at the commissioner's discretion
B funding for waiting list elimination described by the bidder in the bid document at the start of the contract term (i.e. the inherited waiting list) if the inherited waiting list is not cleared fully by 31/3/20
This procurement is for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations') http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents.
As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal). Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge).
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Procurement department
Address
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Lancashire Enterprise Business Park
Leyland
PR26 6TR
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