Safe Haven Service North Tyneside for NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

This is a Direct Award being made under Schedule 5 Section 13 - Urgency of the Procurement Act 2023 and in accordance with the Procurement Regulations 2024 - Where-

(a)the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and

(b)as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.

The action therefore of the Relevant Authority has been

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition for a contract to last for maximum 12 months.

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) have awarded a contract without prior publication of a call for competition for a contract to last for maximum 12 months under Schedule 5 Section 13 - Urgency of the Procurement Act 2023 and in accordance with the Procurement Regulations 2024 under NHS Standard Contract 2025-26.

The service is to deliver a Safe Haven provision within North Tyneside where currently there is no service provision.

The delivery of a Safe Haven in North Tyneside demonstrates commitment to the development of alternative to crisis methods of delivery for mental health services. The Safe Haven will provide services to those people self-identifying as in a crisis and/or experiencing emotional distress and where these needs do not meet the criteria for secondary care crisis services. and for this reason the Relevant Authority deemed necessary to urgently intervene to provide immediate support to those people self-identifying as in a crisis and/or experiencing emotional distress.

This direct award for maximum 12 months specifically addresses the immediate and urgent need for Safe Haven service delivery in North Tyneside and gives the space and time to complete a full PA2023 competitive procurement process and put a long-term solution in place.