Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
UK
Contact person: Sarah Beaumont
E-mail: Sarah.Beaumont@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH35
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.westessexccg.nhs.uk
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.1.1) Title
Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) in West Essex
Reference number: ACE-0440-2020-West
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract award notice follows the publication of a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice published in OJEU on 11 December 2020 reference 2020/S 242-600387. This confirms the award of the contract to deliver specialist perinatal mental health services to its incumbent provider of mental health services — Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 641 117.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH35
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract award notice follows the publication of a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice published in OJEU on 11 December 2020 reference 2020/S 242-600387. This confirms the award of the contract to deliver specialist perinatal mental health services to its incumbent provider of mental health services — Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT).
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are commissioned to deliver the adults secondary mental health contract within West Essex. The NHS long term plan sets out an ambitious expansion for specialist perinatal mental health services to be delivered by 2023/24.
The SPMHS is being proposed to be delivered by EPUT as the service requires close alignment to secondary mental health services and increasing therapeutic interventions. Most importantly, EPUT has established a well regarded community based SPMHS of highly skilled professionals in place from which to lead the expansion of these clinical services. The proposed contract duration will align with the EPUT mental health contract and will therefore expire on 31 March 2023.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The specialist perinatal mental health service has a clear link to the services delivered by Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) within their contract for secondary mental health services. If the service was to be delivered by an alternative provider many of the benefits which could be delivered to patients through a joined up approach to delivery of these services would be lost.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 242-600387
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service in West Essex
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/11/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Head Office, The Lodge, Lodge Approach, Runwell
Wickford
SS11 7XX
UK
NUTS: UKH36
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 1 641 117.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain
Epping
CM16 6TN
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/01/2021