Published date: 23 May 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 March 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

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  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£138,600

Procurement reference

tender_299789/1215003

Published date

23 May 2023

Closing date

8 March 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The NHS Long Term Plan describes a: "new community-based offer [that] will include access to psychological therapies, improved physical health care, employment support, personalised and trauma-informed care, medicines management and support for self harm and coexisting substance use... and proactive work to address racial disparities." Local areas will be: "supported to redesign and reorganise core community mental health teams to move towards a new place-based, multidisciplinary service across health and social care aligned with primary care networks."

In support of this objective, Buckinghamshire Community Mental Health Framework Programme intends to commission an evaluation.. This will focus on the core Community Mental Health model transformation and also the development of new pathways for eating disorder, personality disorder and rehabilitation. The evaluation will assess the success of each pathway. The evaluation is over two years from April 2022 to March 2024. NB These latter dates over which the evaluation was originally envisaged to take place have been amended (see below).

Please note that although the tender award was made on 29th March 2022, contract finalisation and signature did not take place until 23rd March 2023 due to resultant delays because of ongoing legal discussions. These discussions had no material effect on the preferred bidder's offer or offer price.

More information

Additional text

Tender Documents are available through the NHS Sourcing Tender portal at https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html where you will need to register. All correspondence should be received and answered via the messaging portal though NHS Sourcing.

Please note that although the tender award was made on 29th March 2022, contract finalisation and signature did not take place until 23rd March 2023 due to resultant delays because of ongoing legal discussions. These discussions had no material effect on the preferred bidder's offer or offer price.

The Open (LTR) procedure was used in awarding this contract

Award information

Awarded date

29 May 2023

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Total value of contract

£138,600

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Plymouth

Address

Community and Primary Care Research Group, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, ITTC Building, Plymouth Science Park, Derriford, PL6 8BX

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ, Corporate Services NHS Foundation Trust. Littlemore Mental Health Centre , Sandford Road, Littlemore
Oxford
OX4 4XN
England

Email

darren.lewis@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk