Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT)
Staffordshire
ST4 8HH
UK
E-mail: sophie.riding@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG24
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.combined.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
NSCHT Multi-Lot Community Partnership Commissioning
Reference number: WHISP 320, 321, 322
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) have been working on behalf of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) who were looking to undertake a multi-lot Competitive Process for Community Partnership Commissioning, including:
Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service
Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service
Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service
It was the intention of the NSCHT to start commissioning contracts for the above services from 1st April 2025 for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year, and possibly another
year (5 years total).
Contract start date: 1st April 2025
Contract end date (including possible extensions): 31st March 2030
Please see below total contract values for 5 years:
- Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service - £580,000
- Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service - £1,800,000
- Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service - £200,000
The ITT was live on Thursday 14th November
2024 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions
will be Friday 13th December 2024 12:00pm midday.
Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum
contract values, for each lot, were informed that they would not achieve the score of a pass. This was checked during the
evaluation of the pass/fail questions in the Basic
Selection Envelope. There was also a further competition on price.
To express interest and participate in the Competitive Process,
bidder's were advised to register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing
portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
A maximum of 3 contracts totalling £516,000 annually were to be awarded. The overall maximum contract value for all 3 lots, including possible contract extensions was £2,580,000.
The relevant reference number for this tender was C318455.
Further details were made available via documentation and information released during the tender process.
The competitive tendering process to which this ITT
relates to and further to which the Authority intends
to purchase the Services as set out in regulation 11
of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award
of a contract with a competition.
This ITT was made available to all Bidders who have expressed a potential interest in delivering this services in line with the requirements for Health Services and mixed procurements
which fall under Regulation 3 and 11 for the award of a
contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the
Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)
Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive
tendering of these Services is being run as a
bespoke, single-stage tender process as described
in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a
Tender contract notice advertisement
Bidders were invited to bid for each lot separately.
Bidders were able to bid for more than one lot.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 580 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG2
Main site or place of performance:
North Staffordshire and Stoke -on - Trent
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service to Everyone Health.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £578,361.59 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years).
Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025
Contract End Date: 31st March 2030
The service is to promote health, weight management, nutrition and wellbeing.
The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a provider to support the provision of Health and Lifestyle Support for Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust NSCHT.
Weight management and promotion of positive lifestyles is complex, and this is especially true for people with severe mental illness. They are more likely to have common risk factors for being overweight, such as reduced access to healthy food, lower incomes and health conditions that limit their mobility. In addition, they have risk factors not typically faced by the general population, such as weight gain related to psychiatric medication and admission to inpatient wards with fewer opportunities to be physically active.
This service will not include smoking cessation support as it is anticipated that this will be a separately commissioned service in line with national aspirations for smoking support outlined in
the NHS Long Term Plan.
1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder and has been recommended as a successful bidder.
This service is an existing service. Everyone Health is the existing provider.
The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated.
This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG2
Main site or place of performance:
North Staffordshire and Stoke -on - Trent
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service to Changes Health & Wellbeing.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,782,820.00 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years).
Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025
Contract End Date: 31st March 2030
The service is to provide a lived experience support offer to individuals where an expert by experience input would be of benefit for recovery and to address social stressors to
mental illness. The purpose of this procurement exercise is to
appoint a provider to support the provision of a Future Focus Peer Coach (FFPC) Service within Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust (NSCHT).
The objective of the FFPC Service provision is to enable Service Users to stay well in their recovery journey. The ways in which people are supported can be flexible, should be person centred and help people to make the best use of their community
resources. The Service will form a part of an integrated
pathway across the voluntary sector, primary and secondary care mental health and social care. It should be based on recovery and social inclusion principles and designed to be accessible and to
prevent people falling through gaps between services.
1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder for this lot and has been recommended as a successful bidder.
This service is an existing service. Changes Health & Wellbeing are the existing provider.
The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated.
This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG2
Main site or place of performance:
North Staffordshire and Stoke -on - Trent
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is an intention to award notice to advise that no award will be taking place, for Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £200,000 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years).
Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025
Contract End Date: 31st March 2030
This service was to provide bespoke financial and benefit advice.
The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a provider to support the provision of Financial Wellbeing Management and Support (FWB) for Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.
The service role of the Financial Wellbeing Support needed to offer a Mon-Fri service that offers a range of flexible support to people with financial difficulties within North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The service will advise and support patients
who are under the care of CMHT's including Older Persons and the Rehab Pathway.
No suitable bids were received for Lot 3, therefore there are no recommended bidders for Lot 3 as part of this process.
There is an existing service already.
The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated.
This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
No contract has been awarded for this lot, as part of this process.
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:
2024/S 000-036891
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: Lot 1
Title: Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/01/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Everyone Health
04215584
3 Watling Drive
Hinckley
LE10 3EY
UK
NUTS: UKF2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 578 361.59
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: Lot 2
Title: Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service -
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/01/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Changes Health & Wellbeing
1144940
Changes Wellbeing Centre, Victoria Court, Booth Street, Stoke,
Stoke on Trent,
ST4 4AL
UK
NUTS: UKG23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 782 820.00
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 the relevant authority by midnight 14th February 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Representations should be sent to Josey Gaitley, Associate Director of Community Mental Health Services, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT), via josephinee.gaitley@combined.nhs.uk.
- The decision to award the contracts was approved by North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) Executive Team.
All panel members completed and signed conflict of interest and confidentiality declarations.
The below potential conflict of interest was declared.
A member of the evaluation panel stated that they worked for a private company in the field of Podiatry.
This was reviewed by the commissioners who did not consider this to be an actual conflict of interest, as the private company did not be bid to deliver any of the services within this process. This evaluator also attended evaluator training. This was not considered to be an actual conflict of interest.
No other conflicts were identified from panel members
Bidders were invited to bid for each lot
separately. Bidders were able to bid for more than one lot.
Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract values, for each lot, would not achieve the score of a pass.
Bids which achieved pass / provisional pass criteria in the basic selection and quality pass/fail questions, were to be assessed for the below scored questions.
As part of the multi-lot tender, for questions in '01 Basic Selection' (Basic Selection and Quality Pass/Fail questions) and '02 Common Questions', completion was required once only.
The bidder then had to complete the service/lot specific
questionnaire (for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2 and/or Lot 3) which included the below relative key criteria.
Common Questions - Scored (33.00%)
- Quality & Innovation - 10.00%
- Integration, Collaboration, Service Sustainability - 7.50%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, Facilitating Choice - 5.50%
- Social Value - 10.00%
Lot 1 Questions - Scored (67.00%)
- Quality & Innovation - 19.50%
- Integration, Collaboration, Service Sustainability - 8.50%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, Facilitating Choice - 9.00%
- Value - 30.00%
Lot 2 Questions - Scored (67.00%)
- Quality & Innovation - 19.50%
- Integration, Collaboration, Service Sustainability - 8.50%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, Facilitating Choice - 9.00%
- Value - 30.00%
Lot 3 Questions - Scored (67.00%)
- Quality & Innovation - 19.50%
- Integration, Collaboration, Service Sustainability - 8.50%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, Facilitating Choice - 9.00%
- Value - 30.00%
The highest weighted key criteria was considered by the Trust to be of higher importance.
Following the completed evaluation and moderation process, the Bidders having passed the pass / fail criteria and with the highest combined scores (from Key Criteria Common Questions and Lot specific questions), have been named as the successful Bidder for that lot.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT)
Staffordshire
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/02/2025