Contract

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021 [3833460]

  • Procurement and Logistics Service
  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

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

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-005000

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02efe9

Published 22 February 2022, 4:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Procurement and Logistics Service

Pinewood Villa, Longstone Hospital, Loughgall Road

Armagh

BT61 7PR

Contact

PaLSSocialcare.Sourcinghscni.net

Email

PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.1) Name and addresses

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

A Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road

Belfast

BT9 7AB

Email

PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

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

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021 [3833460]

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021. *PROVIDERS CURRENTLY AWARDED TO DFA 3078797 AND/OR DFA 3178204 SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT IS FOR NEW ENTRANTS/PROVIDERS ONLY.*

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: £5,559,642

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services
  • 85320000 - Social services
  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
  • 85312320 - Counselling services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021. *PROVIDERS CURRENTLY AWARDED TO DFA 3078797 AND/OR DFA 3178204 SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT IS FOR NEW ENTRANTS/PROVIDERS ONLY.*

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

The total value of the procurement in II.1.7) above includes: an initial contract period of 2 years, plus an. option to extend for 36 x 1 month periods (3 years). The value also includes a potential increase in services of 20%.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-026748


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

1

Title

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

7 February 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

FIND HELP NI

UHub Therapy Centre 36 Hamilton Road

BANGOR

BT20 4LE

Email

cara@uhub.org.uk

Telephone

+44 7555111248

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

NI640022

Internet address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £5,559,642


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

In section I.2), it is stated that this procurement is a joint procurement. This is not a joint procurement it is operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Social care services such as the provision of Primary Care Talking Therapies are classified under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as social and other specific services and fall within those services listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This tender is therefore subject to the provisions of Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 otherwise known as the ‘Light Touch Regime’. As such, new entrants will be allowed to apply to join the Dynamic Framework Agreement (DFA). The DFA will be opened on the frequency outlined in the Tender documents. Providers/applicants seeking admission as a new entrant to the DFA will be required to complete the same process as the original competition to ensure equal treatment and transparency. A new contract notice will be issued inviting interested providers to submit a response should they wish to participate in the DFA. This is the third opening (3833460) of the DFA (Previous opening reference numbers are 3078797 and 3178204). The DFA value in V.2.4) above includes: an initial contract period of 2 years, plus an option to extend the DFA for 36 x 1 month periods (3 years). The value also includes a potential increase in services of 20%. The Official Name of the Contractor named in V.2.3 is uHub Therapy Centre, Registration Number NI640022.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Procurement and Logistics Service

Armagh

Country

United Kingdom