Awarded contract

Primary Care Based Mental Health Services in East Sussex including IAPT

  • NHS East Sussex CCG

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

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-005039

Published 23 February 2022, 10:21am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS East Sussex CCG

Sackville House, Brooks Close

Lewes

BN7 2FZ

Contact

Sarah Rix - Senior Procurement Manager

Email

sarah.rix@soeprocurement.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.eastsussexccg.nhs.uk

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 Based Mental Health Services in East Sussex including IAPT

Reference number

NHS/SOEPS/21.794/CAN

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Primary Care Based Mental Health Services including IAPT in East Sussex consist of two core components. The provision of Primary Care Mental Health Workers (PCMHW), these are qualified mental health professionals that provide support to all GP practices in East Sussex. Their role is to support practices to manage patient care and enable timely directed access to appropriate mental health clinical, recovery and support services. The second element is the Improved Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT programme), which is a long standing nationally mandated programme for the treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression.

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: £31,751,153

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance

Within the boundary of East Sussex.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of a 24-month contract to Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of Primary Care Based Mental Health Services including IAPT in East Sussex for NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group ('the CCG') commencing 1st April 2022.

Primary Care Based Mental Health Services including IAPT in East Sussex consist of two core components. The provision of Primary Care Mental Health Workers (PCMHW), these are qualified mental health professionals that provide support to all GP practices in East Sussex. Their role is to support practices to manage patient care and enable timely directed access to appropriate mental health clinical, recovery and support services. The second element is the Improved Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT programme), which is a long standing nationally mandated programme for the treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression.

two.2.14) Additional information

Please note: NHS England and Improvement have announced that the Sussex Health and Care Partnership, which is made up of all health and care organisations across East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, has successfully met the criteria to become an Integrated Care System (ICS). An ICS is a way of working across health and care organisations that allows them to work more closely together, to take collective responsibility for the health and wellbeing of populations across large areas.

It is not anticipated that the statutory responsibility or accountability of the individual health and care organisations working as an ICS will be affected, save for the expectation that CCG organisations will be abolished and functions transferred to the ICS. As a result of these intended healthcare reforms, the Contracting Authority currently NHS East Sussex CCG may change during the life of the contract.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-003587


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Primary Care Based Mental Health Services in East Sussex including IAPT

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

23 February 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Swandean, Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £31,751,153


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Refer to NHS South of England Procurement Services