Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health Advice, Support and Access Service 2022 - 2025 / CCS MHASAS 2022-2025

Location

Norwich

Description

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG, commissioned an Integrated Front Door for Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services across Norfolk and Waveney. Interested providers were invited to submit their expression of interest for this service. There was only one successful provider who is now responsible for the successful delivery of the service, Cambridgeshire Community Services. The service was procured under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

Recurrent investment in administrative support due to increased demand on the service. Additional funding is required to strengthen the staffing establishment for administrative duties, ensuring timely and efficient processing of referrals, documentation and service coordination to support overall service delivery.

Other Information

Providers that expressed and interest were required to respond to a series of questions scored on a "Pass/Fail" basis. The scoring criteria for each question was stipulated within the question. Only providers who scored a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions were deemed compliant & capable. The commissioner reserved the right to direct award to a provider with no further competition, depending on the number of providers who expressed an interest and cleared the "pass/fail" questions. The annual value of this procurement was estimated to be £640,357 for year one, and then £544,357 thereafter. The contract was awarded for an initial 2 year term with the potential to extend for a further 2 years. The contract was due to commence between October 2022 and January 2023 but due to mobilisation issues didn't commence until April 2023. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. This contract has been formally modified. Triple lock approval by ICB and NHS England. Modification approved by ICB Interim Director of Finance. No conflicts of interest were declared.