II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE31
Main site or place of performance:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In developing a Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS), it is our intention to offer a single contract to an organisation(s) that will work closely with local services including GP practices and schools to deliver agreed outcomes.
The CYPMHS will embed the principles of the Thrive model and work towards providing care for those aged 0-25 during the lifetime of the contract.
It is expected that the provider will take referrals through a Single Point of Contact (SPC) from GPs and those working within services for children including education, health and social care and the voluntary/community sector. The provider will begin treatment with all children and young people within 4 weeks of referral.
As per the Future in Mind (2015) key proposals, the service will:
— improve public awareness and understanding about mental health issues for children and young people to tackle stigma and discrimination,
— provide children and young people with timely access to clinically effective mental health support,
— instigate a step change in how care is delivered, moving towards a system built around the needs of children, young people and their families (away from the ‘tiered’ model),
— increase use of evidence-based treatments with services rigorously focussed on outcomes,
— make mental health support more visible and easily accessible for children and young people,
— improve care for children and young people in crisis so they are supported in the right place at the right time and as close to home as possible,
— improve access for parents/carers to evidence-based programmes of intervention and support to strengthen attachment between parent/carer and child, avoid early trauma, build resilience and improve behaviour,
— provide a better offer for the most vulnerable children and young people, making it easier for them to access the support that they need when and where they need it,
— improve transparency and accountability across the whole system to drive further improvements in outcomes,
— ensure professionals who work with children and young people are trained in child development and mental health and understand what can be done to provide help and support for those who need it.
The service aims to provide the best options of care for patients at the most appropriate location for them and ensuring that patients are provided with a timely and accessible service that will avoid unnecessary waits.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
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 be for a term of three [3] years with the opportunity to extend for a further two [2] years subject to mutual agreement between the successful bidder and the authority. The maximum term of the contract is consequently five [5] years.
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:
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