Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Crisis Café

Location

Darlington

Description

The award is required urgently to address the need for crisis drop in support in the Scarborough area to de-escalate patient presentation and provide a first point of crisis alternative contact for those in distress in the area.

Total Quantity or Scope

This service is to support the Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale communities with a crisis alternative service. The service will provide a central contact point for those within the locality. Its primary offer is to actively support the existing NHS Services by providing out of hours support to individuals within the region. The Trust requires the provider (Scarborough Survivors) to provide: • Crisis Alternative for 7 nights a week from 7.30pm - 1.00am This is a 12 month only contract provided from 1st April 2026 onwards annnual contract value is £155,000

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Regulation 14 has been applied requiring and urgent award

Other Information

This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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. Regulation 14 was applied for the following reasons. The award is required urgently to address the need for crisis drop in support in the Scarborough area to de-escalate patient presentation and provide a first point of contact for those in distress in the area. There is currently no alternative provision of a first point of access for crisis support in the area there the risk is too high not to award the contract for the following 12 months whilst additional neighbourhood initiatives are developed and understood. Decision makers include: "Brian Cranna - Director of Operations and Transformation North Yorkshire and York Care Group (16/03/26 ), Billie Harkess - General Manager(16/03/26), Steve Tait - Principle Finance Business Partner ( 16/03/26) Liz Romaniak - Director of Finance, Estates and Facilities ( 13/04/26)