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Contract Award Notice

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

  • First published: 23 June 2022
  • Last modified: 23 June 2022

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-02ff95
Published by:
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Authority ID:
AA78385
Publication date:
23 June 2022
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023.

The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings.

The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll.

Mental Health Support Teams are intended to:

▪ Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs

▪ Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing

▪ Providing timely advice to staff and liaising with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG

Morecambe

LA1 1QD

UK

E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

NUTS: UKD1

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

Reference number: L21-16

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Morecambe Bay CCG. This invitation to tender was for three Mental Health Support Teams in schools, in the Morecambe Bay area.

The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023.

The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll.

The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 5 327 590.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD4


Main site or place of performance:

Morecambe Bay

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023.

The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings.

The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll.

Mental Health Support Teams are intended to:

▪ Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs

▪ Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing

▪ Providing timely advice to staff and liaising with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Service Delivery - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 42

Quality criterion: Quality & Governance - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 33

Quality criterion: Workforce - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion: Information Management & Technology - Pass/ Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5

Quality criterion: Information Governance - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5

Quality criterion: Equalities - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5

Price / Weighting:  0 - pass / fail

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

II.2.14) Additional information

The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids that exceed the indicated budget.

Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2021/S 000-030750

Section V: Award of contract

Title: NHS Morecambe Bay CCG MHSTs in Schools

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

29/03/2022

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

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

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Barnardos

Barnardo House, Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Ilford,

Essex

IG6 1QG

UK

NUTS: UKH3

The contractor is an SME: No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: : 5 327 590.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This procurement was for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made

Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made

The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The only selection for type of Procedure was “Open” and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is not an Open procedure but “Other” procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG

Chorley House

Morecambe Bay

LA1 1QD

UK

E-mail: mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG

Moor Lane Mills

Lancaster

LA1 1QD

UK

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

NHS Morecambe Bay CCG

Lancaster

LA1 1QD

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

22/06/2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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