Lancashire & South Cumbria - Provision of Children and Young People (CYP) Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (THRIVE) -Multi-Lot

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are looking to undertake a multi-lot procurement for the provision of Children &Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Services in Lancashire &South Cumbria.

The proposed model incorporates four service specifications/lots covering the Lancashire and South Cumbria Places.

There will be a maximum of 19 contracts totalling £12,709,583 for the full contract length including the optional extension.

The annual overall value for the 4 lots and sub-lots is £2,585,000.

Each contract length will be for 11 months and 2 years, with an option to extend for an additional 2 years.

Please see below breakdown of lots & full contract values, including 2 years optional extension:

Lot 1 - THRIVE Getting Help, Therapeutic 1 to 1 & Counselling Support

Lot 1a Blackpool £1,283,786

Lot 1b Blackburn with Darwen £1,348,843

Lot 1c South Cumbria £814,195

Lot 1d Lancashire East £2,449,370

Lot 1e Lancashire Central £2,360,561

Lot 1f Lancashire North £1,576,578

Peer Support

Lot 2a Blackpool £105,915

Lot 2b Blackburn with Darwen £111,279

Lot 2c South Cumbria £67,172

Lot 2d Lancashire East £202,075

Lot 2e Lancashire Central £194,744

Lot 2f Lancashire North £130,066

Parenting Support

Lot 3a Blackpool £89,867

Lot 3b Blackburn with Darwen £94,420

Lot 3c South Cumbria £56,994

Lot 3d Lancashire East £171,454

Lot 3e Lancashire Central £165,239

Lot 3f Lancashire North £110,360

ADHD

Lot 4 All Places in Lancashire & South Cumbria £1,376,667.

The ITT will be live on Friday 15th September 2023 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions will be Friday 3rd November 2023 12:00pm Mid-day.

The deadline for clarification questions is Thursday 12th October 2023 12:00pm.

As part of this procurement process, the Authority is intending to identify one provider for each of the 19 contracts.

The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids that exceed the indicated budget.

Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://healthfamily.

force.com/s/Welcome)

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Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail:

support-health@atamis.co.uk

The relevant reference number for this tender is C206091 and the questionnaires will be located within the requirements.

Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the tender process.

The ICB has set an affordability threshold for each lot within the Procurement. Bidders who submit a bid over the maximum contract values in the procurement documents, will not achieve the score of a pass. This is not a competition on price.

Additional information: 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

(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 Regime Section7

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made

(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.

As the ICB 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.

Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.

The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or

expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection

with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.

All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.

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. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.