Published date: 2 June 2021
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Community health services - 85323000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£344,000
Procurement reference
TORB001-DN490071-35624294
Published date
2 June 2021
Closing date
30 July 2020
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
12 August 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Direct award
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The aim of the Lifestyles service is to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Torbay by helping
people to tackle health risk behaviours.
In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2012 certain public health responsibilities were transferred
from the NHS to Local Authorities in 2013. Torbay Council has a legal duty to take action to improve the health
and wellbeing of residents and to reduce differences in health outcomes (health inequalities) between different
groups of people.
The Lifestyles Service will provide a pathway of support encompassing different levels of intervention depending
on the capability, opportunity and motivation of clients. There will be a universal gateway to the service, taking
referrals and self-referrals, and providing assessment of activation level (knowledge, skills and confidence) and
preference of support channel (self-managed, assisted support or intensive support) to allow allocation to the
'Inform', 'Enable' and 'Support' offers.
Lifestyles services were the fourth contract to be placed into the procurement timeline for procurement by the
local authority, preceded by Sexual and Reproductive Health, 0-19 and Drug and Alcohol services. This was due
to the fact that the service has the lowest financial value, and is proportionate to the scale, reach and impact of
the service in relation to the aforementioned services.
However, part 2 of the Sexual and Reproductive Health contract was abandoned, resulting in this having to
be placed back into the pipeline for re-procurement, as well as Drug and Alcohol procurement (as part of the
Multiple and Complex Needs alliance) being significantly delayed due to the impact of Covid-19 on both the
local authority and the market to continue to progress a procurement.
Equally, there remains uncertainty regarding the future funding model for the Public Health grant provided to
Local Authorities, which could create significant budget pressures in future years. As a result the authority
cannot commit to procuring Lifestyles services on the open market whereby it may not be able to meet financial
the commitment of the awarded contract in future years.
Torbay Council is proposing to issue a directly awarded contract to the incumbent provider for the period 01
April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (with the option to extend for the period up to 31 March 2023), subject to internal
approval, to ensure Torbay Council can continue to meet is contractual obligations whilst not being committed to
contracts that it cannot sustain financially.
The approximate procurement timeline is:
October 2020 to July 2021 - Develop specification, consult and test with market and service users
August 2021 to November 2021 - Launch, process and award tender
December 2021 to March 2022 - Service transition and mobilisation
Award information
Awarded date
3 August 2020
Contract start date
12 August 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£344,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Torbay Hospital, Lowes Bridge, Torquay. TQ2 7AA
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Lawrence Brown
Address
Torbay Council Town Hall
Castle Circus
Torquay
TQ1 3DR
England
Telephone
+44 1803208977
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