Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park
Colchester
CO4 9QR
UK
Contact person: charles kirabo
E-mail: charles.kirabo@attain.co.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.neessexccg.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Children and Young People Mental Health Early Intervention Service in North East Essex.
Reference number: ACE-0299-2017-NEE
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group wishes to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to submit tenders for the provision of a Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Intervention Service. A potential bidder can be a stand alone organisation or a group of organisations. The successful Bidder will be accountable for the provision of all services within the scope.
This service is being commissioned as an early intervention service to meet the needs of children and young people who do not meet the inclusion criteria for the Essex-wide Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service. The service offers mental and emotional support suited to the needs of the service user. The service comprises of 3 components, as follows:
— Disordered eating support service,
— Talking therapies service,
— Informal advocacy service.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 115 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group wishes to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to submit tenders for the provision of a Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Intervention Service. A potential bidder can be a stand alone organisation or a group of organisations. The successful Bidder will be accountable for the provision of all services within the scope.
This service is being commissioned as an early intervention service to meet the needs of children and young people who do not meet the inclusion criteria for the Essex-wide Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service. The service offers mental and emotional support suited to the needs of the service user. The service comprises of 3 components, as follows:
— Disordered eating support service,
— Talking therapies service,
— Informal advocacy service.
Please note that the services and associated specification and prices, commissioned within this contract maybe subject to review and change. Moving forward it is the CCG's intention to work closer with the CCGs within the Suffolk and north east Essex STP footprint. Therefore, the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the potential introduction of a larger population to support the STP footprint (i.e. the contract and specification may be amended to include the Ipswich & East Suffolk and West Suffolk CCG populations), through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a)of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The Contract will run for an initial 3 years commencing on the 1.4.2018 and concluding on the 31.3.2021. There is an option to extend the contract for up to 24 months.
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II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 115 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Contract will run for an initial 3 years commencing on 1.4.2018. There is an option to extend the contract for 24 months. The renew process will commence in line with the potential Contract extensions and depending on Service reviews..
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years.
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
You are advised that the budget will be in the region of 231 000 GBP to 261 000 GBP per year across the period of the contract, therefore 1 115 000 GBP to 1 305 000 GBP total contract value, for the potential 5 years, which is a combination of three years, plus a possible extension of up to 2 years.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/12/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
20/12/2017
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, single stage application process akin to the Open procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road
Colchester
CO4 9QR
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/11/2017