Published date: 9 August 2017
Last edited date: 9 August 2017
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Social work and related services - 85300000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£17,356,023 to £28,926,705
Procurement reference
SEFT001-DN168300-96021307
Published date
9 August 2017
Closing date
29 July 2016
Contract start date
1 April 2017
Contract end date
31 March 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Sefton has an age 0-19 population of 59,700; and of those 14,500 are under the age of 5 years. Public Health services are currently provided to the 0-19 age group through 3 separate contracts, which include Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership and School Nursing.
Under the terms of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, upper-tier local authorities are responsible for improving the health of their local population and in relation to this hold an array of statutory duties for children, including:
• establishing arrangements to reduce child poverty
• promoting the interests of children in the development of health and wellbeing strategies (joining up commissioning plans for clinical and public health services with social care and education to address identified local health and wellbeing needs)
• leading partners and the public to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare promoted
• driving the high educational achievement of all children
• leading, promoting and creating opportunities for co-operation with partners to
improve the wellbeing of young people
Sefton MBC's vision is \"to give every child in Sefton the best start in life and help and support young people to make healthier life choices\" and they intend to make this happen by securing the services of experienced and suitably qualified organisation to provide a universal public health service, providing expert information, assessment and interventions for babies, children, families and youg people of school age.
Extensive review, engagement, consultation and market testing has been undertaken and influenced the specification for this new 0-19 Healthy Child Programme which will not be a like for like replacement of the model for school nursing, health visiting and family nurse practitioners currently delivered by Liverpool Community Health Trust and due to expire on 31st March 2017.
The procurement falls in to the light touch regime category of the public contract regulations and Cabinet have authorised for the Director of Public Health to conduct an Open Procedure tender exercise to put the contract in place to run for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years.
A detailed specification is provided within the ITT.
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Award information
Awarded date
20 September 2016
Contract start date
1 April 2017
Contract end date
31 March 2020
Total value of contract
£28,926,705
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
WA2 8WA
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Jane Taylor
Address
7th Floor Merton House
Stanley Road
Bootle
L203UU
UK
Telephone
+44 1519344282
Website
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