Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

02/12/2025

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:

Total value of the contract/lot: : 2 115 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

**This is an Intention to Award Notice to award a contract using a competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations for NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) for the provision of the Children & Young People's Community Based Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Services**

Details of the services were provided in the F02: Contract Notice published 28th August 2025 (2025/S 000-052010).

The contract period is 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2031 (which includes an optional extension period for up to 2 (two) years). The total combined contract value, including extensions is £2,115,000 for the term of 5 (five) years.

The service was advertised on the national Find a Tender (FTS) portal on 28th August 2025. The linked tender documentation was issued to bidders on 28th August 2025 with a deadline of 6th October 2025, which included the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) in the form of the Basic Selection Criteria (BSC) and the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

Within the ITT documentation, the tender questions were linked back to the five sections of the key criteria under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), which overall provided the following:

Section Weighting

Technical 90%

Value 10%

Total 100%

The highest scoring provider was Young Devon.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 10th December 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.

Potential conflicts of interest:

The SCW procurement team supported the project in the management of conflicts throughout the process. In line with national guidance (Managing conflicts of interest: revised statutory guidance for CCGs 2017) conflicts of interest were given a high priority within the procurement, with 'conflicts of interest' a standing item at project group meetings.

Project members were required to complete Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality forms prior to receiving any sensitive documentation. All conflicts were appropriately managed within the project, and there are no latent risks associated with the aforementioned conflicts. The number of conflicts of interest identified among group: 0.

Bidders were required to complete Conflict of Interest declarations as part of their bid. They are also under an ongoing obligation to update the Commissioners should any declarations change in the future.

For the purposes of where written representations are needed to be sent, please do so via the following email address: scwcsu.scwprocurement.devon@nhs.net

This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner along with the publication of this notice. This contract had not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

02/12/2025