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: http://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
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) for West Essex
Reference number: ACE-0407-2020-West
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract award notice is to confirm the outcome of the evaluation process undertaken by West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group to appoint a capable provider to deliver a single contract for the delivery of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services across the West Essex area. The contract is being awarded to Vita Health Solutions Ltd.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
21 934 086.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH35
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract award notice is to confirm the outcome of the evaluation process undertaken by West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group to appoint a capable provider to deliver a single contract for the delivery of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services across the West Essex area. The contract has been awarded to Vita Health Solutions Ltd.
The casual connection between poverty, unemployment and social isolation and common mental health difficulties is well evidenced. Commissioners have therefore taken an innovative and positive new approach that locates the mandated clinical IAPT interventions within the wider socio-economic context in which the service and its users exist.
It is expected that, through a strong outward-focus and the establishment of formal referral connections to and from a wide range of existing provision across the area, within limited resources, the clinical IAPT interventions will be better supported to maximise their effectiveness and sustainability and improve service user outcomes.
The outward-looking ethos of this service will require a holistic assessment that understands psychological issues in the wider context in which they exist. A wholly clinical assessment will not be enough to gain such an understanding of each person and could lead to failure to pick up on important factors that cause or influence the presenting issue.
The national expectations of the IAPT service delivery are documented within the IAPT Manual and further developed in the Positive Practice Guides. These national documents must be used to inform the core delivery of the service. West Essex CCG has also developed its own local specification which does not rewrite the requirements and good practice guidance of these documents, but rather reinforces them and expects that they are used throughout.
The Manual describes the complexities involved in delivering an effective IAPT service, and Commissioners have built on it and the suite of Positive Practice Guides to construct their local specification.
Therefore, bidders must have regard to both the IAPT Manual and the local specification of West Essex CCG in forming their proposed service delivery model.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Open procedure
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 218-536575
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
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for West Essex
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vita Health Solutions Ltd
Suffolk House, 7 Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 1UZ
UK
NUTS: UKH14
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 21 934 086.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 8 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Provide STaR Workers and modality counselling
% of contractual obligations: 8.2 % over 7-year contract term
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of 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
02/03/2021