Children & Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Lots 1-4

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) who were 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 incorporated four service specifications/lots covering the Lancashire and South Cumbria Places.

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

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

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

Please see below breakdown of lots and 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 ICB set an affordability threshold for each lot within the Procurement. Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract values in the procurement documents, were not to achieve the score of a pass. Their bid was to be regarded as non-compliant and be a failed bid and the rest of the bid would be rejected and the scoring questions in each lot would not be evaluated. This was checked during the preliminary stages of the evaluation during the compliance checks. There was not a competition on price.

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

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

The relevant reference number for this tender was C206091 and the questionnaires were located within the requirements.