Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Leeds City Council - PACS
Civic Hall
Leeds
LS11UR
UK
Contact person: Clarissa Hoult
Telephone: +44 1135351836
E-mail: clarissa.hoult@leeds.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE42
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.leeds.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://yortender.eu-supply.com
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service
Reference number: 61560
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service is a peer support, postvention service commissioned as part of the Leeds Suicide Prevention Action Plan. Postvention supports people bereaved and/or affected by suicide to avoid long term negative health and social outcomes and plays a critical part in preventing further suicides. The service does this by providing timely peer support in a variety of forms including with individuals, families, and groups.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
535 017.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE42
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service is a peer support, postvention service commissioned as part of the Leeds Suicide Prevention Action Plan. Postvention supports people bereaved and/or affected by suicide to avoid long term negative health and social outcomes and plays a critical part in preventing further suicides. The service does this by providing timely peer support in a variety of forms including with individuals, families, and groups. The service provides postvention support in Leeds to people potentially affected by every suicide, including that of friends and relatives of people who die by suicide and who risk making a suicide attempt after their loss.
This service allows vulnerable members of the public to have a clear pathway into receiving appropriate and timely support.
The service is efficient in responding to outreach opportunities for prevention and in managing service user waiting lists and data sharing, which means more timely and effective support can be provided, it helps to provide better opportunities to identify potential clusters and prevent future suicide and harm.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There is a extension available of 24 months in any combination.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
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 00:00 26th July 2024 (The standstill period will end at midnight on the eighth (8th) working day). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 61560
Title: Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/04/2024
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
Leeds Mind
02193270
Clarence House, 11 Clarence Road
Horsforth, Leeds
LS18 4LB
UK
NUTS: UKE42
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:
: 535 017.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 decision makers by 00:00 on 26th July 2024 (The standstill period will end at midnight on the eighth (8th) working day). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
No conflicts of interest were identified as part of this process.
The decision maker (Director of Adults and Health) is fully in support of this intent to award and believes that services will continue to provide support to bereaved people.
Quality and innovation, Value for money, and improving access whilst reducing health inequalities are all high priority criteria for Leeds City Council in the delivery of services which support people who are bereaved and/or affected by suicide. They align with the objectives within the Best Council Plan, the Suicide Prevention Strategy for England (2023 - 28), the Leeds Suicide prevention Action Plan and the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2023 - 30).
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service is a peer led, postvention service commissioned as part of the wider suicide prevention work and approach in Leeds. Postvention supports people who are bereaved and/or affected by suicide to avoid long term negative health and social outcomes and plays a critical part in preventing further suicides. The service does this by providing timely peer support in a variety of forms including for individuals, families and groups.
There is an evidenced need for postvention support. The contract will be directly awarded to Leeds Mind via the Direct Award Process C provided under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Leeds Mind are considered able to meet the service specification requirements in terms of:
• Being suitably experienced
• Being embedded in local and regional real time suspected suicide surveillance systems to offer timely support to people affected and/or bereaved by suicide, including family, friends and witnesses
• Have a history of successfully delivering outcomes within the budget envelope
Leeds Mind have the infrastructure in place to deliver this service using a peer support model where staff have skills of using their lived experiences of being bereaved and/or affected by suicide to support others.
Leeds Mind also deliver the West Yorkshire Suicide Bereavement Service - delivering both allows for the; minimise of service user disruption and waiting times; and the ability to alert and respond to potential clusters.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/07/2024