Opportunity

Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework

  • Northamptonshire County Council
  • Northamptonshire Children’s Trust
  • NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-003354

Published 19 February 2021, 1:38pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Northamptonshire County Council

One Angel Square, Angel Street

Northampton

NN1 1ED

Email

Procurement@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1604361428

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF24 - West Northamptonshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

Buyer's address

https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

one.1) Name and addresses

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust

Northampton

Email

Procurement@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF24 - West Northamptonshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://procontract.due-north.com

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group

Northamptonshire

Email

Procurement@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF24 - West Northamptonshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://procontract.due-north.com/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://procontract.due-north.com/

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://procontract.due-north.com/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework

Reference number

DN519937

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Northamptonshire County Council is Procuring a framework using 2 lots in order to create the provision of Lot 1 Services for highly vulnerable autistic Adults and Lot 2 Services for highly vulnerable autistic children and young people. This framework is for individuals who have complex needs and have been assessed by any and all of the Key Partners as having care and support needs that meet statutory eligibility thresholds and who are deemed to be the responsibility of the Partner Commissioning Body. The key partners are defined as: Northamptonshire Adult Social Services (NASS), NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.

The Health and Social Care System in Northamptonshire is resolute in driving through stepped change in improving the service and community offers available and accessible to autistic individuals and their families who often experience extreme barriers to participating in community and family life.

The Light Touch Regime (LTR) applies to the Services under this Framework Agreement, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Services for highly vulnerable autistic Adults

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
  • UKF25 - North Northamptonshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are commissioning the provision of Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework.

This service is being procured under Light Touch Regime (LTR), using a framework in order to create the provision of services for highly vulnerable autistic people over the age of 14 years who have complex needs and have been assessed by any and all of the Key Partners as having care and support needs that meet statutory eligibility thresholds and who are deemed to be the responsibility of the Partner Commissioning Body. The key partners are defined as: Northamptonshire Adult Social Services (NASS), NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.

The Health and Social Care System in Northamptonshire is resolute in driving through stepped change in improving the service and community offers available and accessible to autistic individuals and their families who often experience extreme barriers to participating in community and family life. As commissioning bodies, we are also committed to very specific actions that will change the future direction and life chances of identifiable groups of autistic individuals, with a commonality of need and challenges, through a concerted effort to focus, innovate, and inspire the provision of high quality and workable commissioning solutions for these individuals who are considered to be at the ‘top end’ of need, that is; individuals who continuously lead highly fragile and vulnerable lives in environments that have lacked understanding and purpose and which have focussed on managing and holding risk rather than nurturing independence and opportunity through highly individualised support arrangements that work for each individual.

The Brighter Futures Forum is established to assert the most appropriate care and support pathways, by collaborative and solution focussed consideration and dialogue, for those autistic individuals who the Forum considers to be most at risk.

The Brighter Futures Forum is a decision making group that collectively delivers on the requirements of the Commissioning for Brighter Futures Contract. The Forum is made up of Contract-wide senior leadership. The Forum is responsible for the effective delivery of the Joint Commissioning for Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Services for highly vulnerable autistic children and young people aged 14 years and over

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
  • UKF25 - North Northamptonshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are commissioning the provision of Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework.

This service is being procured under Light Touch Regime (LTR), using a framework in order to create the provision of services for highly vulnerable autistic people over the age of 14 years who have complex needs and have been assessed by any and all of the Key Partners as having care and support needs that meet statutory eligibility thresholds and who are deemed to be the responsibility of the Partner Commissioning Body. The key partners are defined as: Northamptonshire Adult Social Services (NASS), NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.

The Health and Social Care System in Northamptonshire is resolute in driving through stepped change in improving the service and community offers available and accessible to autistic individuals and their families who often experience extreme barriers to participating in community and family life. As commissioning bodies, we are also committed to very specific actions that will change the future direction and life chances of identifiable groups of autistic individuals, with a commonality of need and challenges, through a concerted effort to focus, innovate, and inspire the provision of high quality and workable commissioning solutions for these individuals who are considered to be at the ‘top end’ of need, that is; individuals who continuously lead highly fragile and vulnerable lives in environments that have lacked understanding and purpose and which have focussed on managing and holding risk rather than nurturing independence and opportunity through highly individualised support arrangements that work for each individual.

The Brighter Futures Forum is established to assert the most appropriate care and support pathways, by collaborative and solution focussed consideration and dialogue, for those autistic individuals who the Forum considers to be most at risk.

The Brighter Futures Forum is a decision making group that collectively delivers on the requirements of the Commissioning for Brighter Futures Contract. The Forum is made up of Contract-wide senior leadership. The Forum is responsible for the effective delivery of the Joint Commissioning for Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework.


Section four. Procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

22 March 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English