NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board- Youth Worker Service

Location

Chippenham

Description

The service places Youth Workers in wards and clinics at the 3 Acute hospitals, playing a crucial role in supporting Children and Young People aged 11-25 years with Long Term Conditions and displaying low -medium level mental health issues. The Youth Workers provide a holistic, compassionate and trauma informed approach, having the time to begin to forge trusting relationships with the CYP that clinical staff may not be able to due to capacity, experience and perceived barriers of uniformed services. Direct Award C has been used for the award of this contract. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. The services provided are the service specification are not changing considerably This contract is for a period of 24 months from 01/04/26 to 31/03/28 This Notice has been published by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

The Commissioner made the decision of directly awarding to the incumbent Provider Barnardo's Services Limited The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £365,000.00 The Contract is for 2 years from 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2028 This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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 and The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. There were no conflicts of interest declared.