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Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2023-507885

FTS Reference: 2023-005262

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Baord
First Floor, Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK
E-mail: Thomas.greenwood2@nhs.net
NUTS code:  UKF1 -  Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of Changing Lives - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools for NHS Derby & Derbyshire CCG
Reference number:  51309
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

85100000  -  Health services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (formerly Clinical Commissioning Group) invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in Schools by responding to the opportunity as required and described in the published tender documentation. NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) acted as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the procurement process.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  14858950.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

85100000  -  Health services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKF1 -  Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (formerly Clinical Commissioning Group) invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in Schools by responding to the opportunity as required and described in the published tender documentation. NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) acted as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner and is supporting the procurement process.
The service was a Schedule 3 Service and procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The process was a one stage open process.
MHST deliver evidence-based interventions, for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs, they support senior mental health leads in education settings to work collaboratively supporting a whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing and provide timely advice to staff.
As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement was established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 2 years and 4 months with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years at their discretion. The timeframes for delivery are below;
• 01st September 2022 to 31st December 2022 - Recruitment period for wave 8 and mobilisation period for waves 2, 4 and 8
• 01st January 2023 to 31st December 2026 (inclusive 2-year extension period) continuation wave 2 and wave 4; commence wave 8
• Wave 10 - 01st September 2023 to 31st December 2023 recruitment; 01st January 2024 to 31st December 2026 delivery (inclusive 2-year extension period)
There was a financial threshold associated with this procurement. Any bids exceeding £14,858,950 for the lifetime of the contract were to be excluded from evaluation and disqualified from the process. No bids over £14,858,950 were to be accepted.
Full details of the service were included as part of the documentation within the project on EU-Supply.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Most economically advantageous tender  /  Weighting:  100
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Most economically advantageous tender  /  Weighting:  100
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement was to be established with the successful Bidder for a period of 2 years 4 months with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.
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

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2022/S 000-008484

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Changing Lives - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

30/11/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing
Studio One, Ground Floor, Marlborough House, Westminster Place
York
YO26 6RW
UK
NUTS code:  UKE21 -  York

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:  14858950.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  14858950.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
UK