Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
London
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHS England Health & Justice South East - Children and Young Person's Framework for Integrated Care Community Services (Thames Valley)
Reference number
C303563 / WA15639
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS England Health & Justice South East (NHSE) were seeking to re-commission the Children and Young Persons Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) Community Service in the Thames valley area.
The service will facilitate integrated local trauma-informed systems that enable vulnerable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The Service will be characterised by a close level of integration between the clinical delivery and youth work delivery.
The Commissioner intends to contract for the Services using the NHS Standard Contract. The contract term will be 4 years, with a total contract value of £6,788,000. The contract will commence on 1st April 2025.
This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £6,788,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS England Health & Justice South East (NHSE) were seeking to re-commission the Children and Young Persons Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) Community Service in the Thames valley area.
The service will be delivered in three areas of the Thames Valley region (Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) and needs to consist of:
• A service that offers a clinical screening, assessment and professional consultancy resource to other teams and practitioners (e.g. social care, education, youth offending teams (YOTs)) in the area regarding referrals of vulnerable children with complex needs at risk of contact with the criminal justice system. The service will also advise teams and services on onward referrals of children to other appropriate services in the area.
• A youth worker service, providing ongoing face to face support and engagement to a small caseload of children and young people with complex needs referred by the screening and assessment service
The service will facilitate integrated local trauma-informed systems that enable vulnerable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The Service will be characterised by a close level of integration between the clinical delivery and youth work delivery.
The Commissioner intends to contract for the Services using the NHS Standard Contract. The contract term will be 4 years, with a total contract value of £6,788,000. The contract will commence on 1st April 2025.
This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
This is an existing service being awarded to an incumbent provider.
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Key Criteria / Weighting: 95%
Price - Weighting: 5%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-032494
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 January 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £6,788,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The decision to award this contract in line with the Competitive Process was based on evaluation against the basic selection criteria (in the form of a Selection Questionnaire), which was assessed on a pass/fail basis, and the PSR 5 key criteria, which were assessed on a 0-4 scale, with the below weightings.
Several tender questions were asked under each of the key criteria.
- Quality and Innovation: 42%
- Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 16%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating Choice: 22%
- Social Value: 10%
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.
After conducting a thorough Competitive Process, taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, NHS England South East is content that the providers bid sufficiently met the key criteria and thus can proceed to contract award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The evaluation panel consisted of representatives from NHS England Health & Justice Commissioners, NHSE Finance, NHSE Nursing and Quality and independent experts.
Award decisions have been recommended by the NHS England Health & Justice South East Children and Young Person's Commissioning Manager.
Award decisions have been made by the NHS England South East Senior Delivery Group.
Two declarations were received as part of the Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality process. Both were deemed as 'for information only', as, on review, they were not considered as conflicts.
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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 21st January 2025. 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.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS England
London
Country
United Kingdom