Contract award notice

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Published

External Reference: 2025-525051

FTS Reference: 2025-002127

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Exeter
South west region
UK
Contact person: Helen Jaques
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
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

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR)
Reference number:  T24-0111
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

85100000  -  Health services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Devon Partnership NHS Trust were seeking to appoint a Provider to deliver Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements services across the Peninsula (Devon and Cornwall OPCC boundary), in line with the specified requirements of the contract.
An MHTR is a community order, which is a sentence that a court can pass to someone if they have mental health needs and have committed a lesser criminal offence.
Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirement is a function of Integrated Non-Custodial Services (IN-CS).
The procurement is divided into 3 lots within the South West as follows:-
Lot 1: Devon and Torbay
Lot 2: Plymouth
Lot 3: Cornwall
The contracts will be for a term of 7 years and services are planned to commence from 1st April 2025.
The contracts could be subject to nationally mandated directives or service alterations with associated funding during the term of the contract.
TUPE is likely to apply to this procurement.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  2650686.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Devon and Torbay
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

85100000  -  Health services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKK -  SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance:  
Devon and Torbay
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Following an unsuccessful tender for Lot 1, the lot was not awarded via this competitive process.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Financial Planning  /  Weighting:  8
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of Service  /  Weighting:  75
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Sustainability  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Presentation  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  Weighting:  2
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Plymouth
Lot No:  2
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

85100000  -  Health services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKK -  SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance:  
Plymouth
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is appointing a Provider to deliver Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements services across Plymouth area (Lot 2).
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. This is a 7 year commencing 1st April 2025 and the approximate total value of the contract is £508,156.
This is a new service which DPT have been commissioned to provide and have chosen to appoint a provider via a competitive process. The provider is an existing supplier to the Trust.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Financial Planning  /  Weighting:  8
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of Service  /  Weighting:  75
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Sustainability  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Presentation  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  Weighting:  2
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Cornwall
Lot No:  3
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

85100000  -  Health services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKK -  SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Main site or place of performance:  
Cornwall
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Following an unsuccessful tender for Lot 3, the lot was not awarded via this competitive process.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Financial Planning  /  Weighting:  8
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality of Service  /  Weighting:  75
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Sustainability  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Presenation  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  Weighting:  2
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
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: 2024/S 000-039584

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Lot No: 1

Title: Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Lot 1 (Devon & Torbay

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 2

Lot No: 2

Title: Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Lot 2 (Plymouth)

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

17/01/2025
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Livewell Southwest
120536356
Plymouth
PL4 7PY
UK
Telephone: +44 1752435182
NUTS code:  UKK41 -  Plymouth

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot:  508156.00  GBP

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 3

Lot No: 3

Title: Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Lot 3 (Cornwall)

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

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 the relevant authority by 1st Feb 2025. Written representations can be made to dpt.procurementcontracting@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Details of the award decision makers are as follows:-
Service Manager
Lead Psychologist
Senior Management Accountant
Commercial & Operational Lead
2x Experts by Experience
There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision.
The decision to award this contract as per the Competitive process was based on evaluation against basic selection criteria which was assessed on pass/fail basis and other key criteria which were assessed on a 0-3 scale.
Several tender questions were asked as per below criteria & weighting:-
Financial Planning : 8%
Quality of Service : 75%
Sustainability: 10%
Cost: 2%
There was also a face to face meeting held where the provider was invited to present their service proposal. This carried a weighting of 5%.
The provider selected for award has been chosen as they passed the basic selection
criteria and were the highest scoring bidder overall, against the key criteria.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Exeter
UK