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

Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health 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

South Tyneside.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) on behalf of NHS England South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have tendered for a Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service which includes service provision for children, young people and adults.

The key objectives of the service are as follows:

— To enhance and maintain psychological health and well being of the population of South Tyneside,

— To provide assessment and evidence based treatment to South Tyneside patients,

— To offer a single point of access to primary care mental health services,

— To ensure that patients are seen quickly and appropriately,

— To ensure that the people of South Tyneside receive a safe and high quality service in line with Nice Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) guidance,

— To provide a fully integrated service and a positive patient experience,

— To effectively engage with patients,

— To provide a flexible service to hard to reach groups across South Tyneside including people with LTCs, older people, people with learning disabilities and other diverse groups,

— To provide advice and training to primary care health teams in identifying mental health problems with the aim of assisting them to manage psychological well being and mental health.

The process will have 2 phases which are as follows:

Phase 1 — The anticipated contract start date for the adult primary care mental health services (including IAPT) and some Tier 2 children and young people's services is the 1.10.2015.

Phase 2 — Will be the remaining elements of children and young people's services with an anticipated contract start date of the 1.3.2016.

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

NECS103

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

(MT Ref:158650).

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 will act in accordance with regulation 32 and Part 9 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) as amended by the Public Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 no 2992). Part 9 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice