Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
229438837
Cardinal Square,10 Nottingham Road
DERBY
DE13QT
UK
Contact person: Ruth Thomason
Telephone: +44 7500608804
E-mail: ruth.thomason@nhs.net
NUTS: UKF11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Suicide Bereavement Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
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 by 2 May 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Representations should be sent: ddicb.lcsf@nhs.net
Award Decision Makers:
Commissioning & Procurement Assurance Group (DDICB),
Adult Mental Health Commissioning Team (DDICB),
DDICB Chief Strategy and Delivery Officer/Deputy CEO
DDICB Executive Team
Derbyshire County Council Public Health Lead for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Conflicts of Interest: Nil identified by the Decision Makers and evidenced within the minutes of meetings held.
Key criteria was assessed and included Quality, Innovation, Value, Integration, Collaboration, Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice, Social value. The providers are considered as having continued ability to meet the basic award criteria: Suitability to pursue a particular activity, Economic and financial standing and Technical and professional ability.
Description of the Service
The aim of the service is to support those bereaved by suicide to face the immediate, acute, disorientating, and painful experience of the first weeks and months after a suicide. The service also aims to support communities bereaved by suicide in partnership with local agencies and community groups. The delivery of this service will be based on the core standards and good practice model developed by SASP (Support After Suicide Partnership).
The service will focus on evaluation, iteration and learning from the interventions. This will be key to ensuring that the service is effective, person-centred, and responsive to service users' needs, whilst also contributing to the evidence-base and informing the development of future provision.
Aim:
• To improve wellbeing
• To provide clinically appropriate evidence based and relevant therapies/approaches as recommended by NICE clinical guidelines to the defined target population.
• Access to the service will be equitable across Derby and Derbyshire
• The service will be safe and effective, delivered by appropriately trained staff.
• Practitioners within the service will receive clinical supervision from clinicians with appropriate expertise and experience.
• The service will work together with all appropriate agencies involved in addressing psychological and practical needs.
• The service will ensure equity of access and respond appropriately to the diversity of local need.
• The service will be coproduced with people with lived experience.
• The service will be proactive in raising awareness of the support it provides.
• The service will ensure all those referred are contacted within 72 hrs (or less) of the death.
• The service will ensure all those referred Receive a copy of the 'Help is at Hand' document, or another resource agreed with commissioners.
• Conduct a follow-up assessment of support needs, enacting these accordingly.
• Offer face to face support in community locations that are acceptable to the clients, are available across Derby and Derbyshire and remove any barriers to access the service.
• Provide support and guidance through the Coroner's Inquest
• Signpost to GP or mental health services if the bereaved person is identified as experiencing severe depression and/or is at risk of suicide.
• Perform social auditing to identify other people who may be affected by the suicide e.g. school mates, work colleagues, neighbours.
• Support those bereaved by suicide at key dates e.g. anniversary of death, birthday, Christmas.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
405 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DDICB are intending to follow MSP process to award a contract for this service.
The aim of the service is to support those bereaved by suicide to face the immediate, acute, disorientating, and painful experience of the first weeks and months after a suicide. The service also aims to support communities bereaved by suicide in partnership with local agencies and community groups. The delivery of this service will be based on the core standards and good practice model developed by SASP (Support After Suicide Partnership).
The service will focus on evaluation, iteration and learning from the interventions. This will be key to ensuring that the service is effective, person-centred, and responsive to service users' needs, whilst also contributing to the evidence-base and informing the development of future provision.
Aim:
• To improve wellbeing
• The service will offer and provide clinically appropriate evidence based and relevant therapies/approaches as recommended by the needs of the population and by NICE clinical guidelines to the defined target population, establishing the immediate support needs of the bereaved, enacting a plan for support, drawing on existing services/referral pathways.
• Access to the service will be equitable across Derby and Derbyshire
• The service will be safe and effective, delivered by appropriately trained staff, and where possible, professionally accredited in the treatment modality that is being delivered and within a governance framework.
• Practitioners within the service will receive clinical supervision from clinicians with appropriate expertise and experience.
• The service will work together with all appropriate agencies involved in addressing psychological and practical needs, drawing on all professional disciplines and evidence based therapeutic models.
• The service will ensure equity of access and respond appropriately to the diversity of local need.
• The service will be coproduced with people with lived experience.
• The service will be proactive in raising awareness of the support it provides and the importance of timely support for those impacted by suicide
• The service will ensure all those referred are contacted within 72 hrs (or less) of the death.
• The service will ensure all those referred Receive a copy of the 'Help is at Hand' document, or another resource agreed with commissioners.
• Conduct a follow-up assessment of support needs, enacting these accordingly.
• Offer face to face support in community locations that are acceptable to the clients, are available across Derby and Derbyshire and remove any barriers to access the service.
• Provide support and guidance through the Coroner's Inquest
• Signpost to GP or mental health services if the bereaved person is identified as experiencing severe depression and/or is at risk of suicide.
• Perform social auditing to identify other people who may be affected by the suicide e.g. school mates, work colleagues, neighbours.
• Support those bereaved by suicide at key dates e.g. anniversary of death, birthday, Christmas.
Objectives
• To provide support to those who have been bereaved by suicide.
• To reduce the stigma for those who have been bereaved by suicide.
• To increase levels of hopefulness, satisfaction in daily activities and satisfaction in relationships in adults and children who are bereaved by suicide.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality & Innovation
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Value
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: INTEGRATION, COLLABORATION & SERVICE SUSTAINABILITY
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: IMPROVING ACCESS, REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND FACILITATING CHOICE
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: SOCIAL VALUE
/ Weighting: 25
Price
/ Weighting:
100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
This is a 3 year contract with the option of 2 further years extension at the discretion of the contracting authority
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 16th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) 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
Title: Suicide Bereavement Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/10/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harmless
07150904
The Sanctuary,
Nottingham
NG7 7LJ
UK
NUTS: UKF
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 405 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Derby & Derbyshire ICB
Derbyshire
UK
E-mail: ruth.thomason@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Request for review must be submitted to the Lead Commissioner by midnight on 18th October 2024. Any requests for review will be processed by the internal governance process overseen by the DDICB Commissioning & Procurement Assurance Group.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/10/2024