CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Somerset CCG — Improving Mental Health and Emotional Well-being in Schools Service.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Somerset (NUTS code: UKK23).

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Money has been made available by NHS England for the development of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). This includes the intention to support schools and colleges by building on existing links with Education.

The service for Improving Mental Health and Emotional Well-being in Schools will be aligned with the priorities in Somerset's Transformation Plan for Children and Young People's Mental Health and Well-being (www.somersetccg.nhs.uk/about-us/how-we-do-things/cypcommissioning/), particularly the objective to ‘promote good mental health, build resilience and identify and address emerging mental health difficulties early on.’ The service will be based on the ethos of being ‘children and young-person led’ with the role of the provider being to facilitate children and young-person led projects within schools across Somerset.

It is expected that the service will encompass some training, resilience building programmes and initiatives to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health conditions. Using the children and young-person led approach; it is planned that these projects will be delivered peer to peer in addition to support for parents and teaching staff.

The deadline for submissions of the tender was 25.10.2016.

Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the In-Tend portal, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

The total budget available was 293 096 GBP per annum inclusive of VAT and contract term is set for 36 months with an option to extension for up to a further 24 months at the commissioner's discretion. The total budget available for the three year contract was 879 288 GBP and the maximum value was 1 465 480 GBP if the extension options are adopted.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

SCW/NHS11XCCG/00000273/2016

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 32 of the 2006 Regulations. Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 32 and Regulation 47 of the 2006 Regulations.

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice