II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this Notice is to confirm the award of a contract to North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) to provide Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. This award is being made following the successful completion of a procurement process.
The Thrive Model has been developed nationally. This has been endorsed by the 'Future in Mind' report,
it is therefore the intention to replicate a version of the Thrive Model in delivering the new service. The
model is a blend of Tier 2 and Tier 3 services with a seamless progression up or down for the service
user.
All children and families will receive support and services which are appropriate to their needs. For many
children this is likely to be community based, and should be easily and quickly accessible. Most young
people requiring CAMHS will present with mental health problems that are causing significant
impairments in their day-to-day lives. These presentations can result in both the need for scheduled
and/or unscheduled care.
CAMHS will be available for all children and young people who are aged 0 - 18 (25 if SEND), and who
meet the agreed CAMHS referral criteria. The eligibility criteria is set out within the service specification.
The current service has in place the following teams, which are expected to be replicated in this new
service:
- 7 Community Hub Teams
- 3 Intensive Support Teams (crisis teams)
- 1 Eating Disorder Service
- 1 Learning Disability with MH Service
- 1 Single point of access (SPA) service
- 1 out of hours service (out of hours SPA)
The service will also include the provision of the following:
- Eating disorder including ARFID & FREED
- Crisis care/Home treatment team
- CAMHS with LD and CAMHS with ASD Service
- Youth offending provision (there will be a requirement to work connectively with the POWER
programme)
- There will be a comprehensive 0-25 support offer that reaches across mental health services for CYP
and adults in all STPs/ICSs, the expectation is that this contract will fulfil this up to age 18 and will work
connectively with our adult providers
- CYP IAPT
- Expansion of the single point of access to field more enquiries from GP, schools and other
professionals
- Inclusion onto the AMHP rota for qualified professionals
And locally agreed care pathways for:
- LAC Service (for CYP who are placed in local authority and have a diagnosable mental health condition,
some of which will be placed in Essex from other areas)
- Early intervention in psychosis in conjunction with the current EIP provider
- information and advice at a minimum for emotional wellbeing and mental health referrals
- Mental Health Schools Team (links between the teams and the service)
- Community Learning Disability Team (provided by another provider) for those with a requirement for
MH input
- Paediatric pathways such as tics, Tourette’s, ASD, PDA
As a part of the contract North East Essex have commissioned an additional Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Intervention Service (CYP EIS). The aims and objectives of this service are to provide:
• An easy to access early intervention service for Children and Young people from age 10-18 years of
age (up to 25 years of age if SEND) who meet the scope of this service
• Mental and emotional support through a range of interventions suited to the need and patient centred
requirement of the service user
• Informal non-statutory advocacy when required to all young people supported by this service and who
do not meet criteria for Independent Mental Health Advocacy service.
• An early intervention disordered eating service
• Seamless transitions of care
• Partnerships with relevant stakeholders to improve outcomes for people using this service.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract may be extended by an additional 36 months (from 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2032).
The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand the scope of services during the lifetime
of the contract (“Contract modification(s)”). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where
additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the
Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by
the Authority and / or other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the
Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder
may be offered a variation to the contract to include the services set out in this section in accordance
with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement
(Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
NEE – EIS The services and associated specification and prices, commissioned within this contract may be
subject to review and change. With the creation of the ICB, the services may be reviewed across the Suffolk and North East Essex 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 ICB footprint (i.e. the contract and specification may be amended to the Ipswich & East Suffolk and West Suffolk populations), through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Mental Health Support Teams – Mid and South Essex ICB is developing a multi-year trajectory and a
regional plan for the future MHST Waves (Waves 5 to 10) from 2021/22 to 2023/24 in accordance with
NHS Englands ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision Green Paper’. the
Mental Health Support Teams are services which are designed to support the mental health and
wellbeing of children and young people in and around schools and colleges. This is an existing service
delivered by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), but may be included within the main
CAMHS Contract when this arrangement ends. It may also be that this service covers all 3 Essex ICBs as
well as Mid and South Essex.
NHS Long Term Plan - It is also recognised that the NHS Long Term Plan made a renewed commitment
that mental health services will grow faster than the overall NHS budget, creating a new national
ringfenced investment fund worth overall at least £2.3bn a year by 2023/24. This is to enable further
service expansion and faster access to community crisis and mental health services for both adults and
particularly children and young people amongst growing visibility and concern about areas of
longstanding unmet health need, such as in young people’s mental health services. This means that
during the life of the contract, the budget is likely to grow and the scope of the services being delivered
as a part of this contract will increase. There may be additions to the scope that are unknown at the time
of tender. Such modifications may be made where the additional requirements are complementary to, or
align with the scope of services and reflect longer term aspirations both locally, regionally and nationally
in delivery of the strategy.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No