Contract

i-access sub-contract for the delivery of substance misuse community based harm reduction and outreach, alcohol brief advice and information and non-opiate drug pathway

  • Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-007371

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02c46f

Published 17 March 2022, 10:44pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Third Floor, Leatherhead House, Station Road

Leatherhead

KT22 7FG

Email

tsouthgate@ecovategroup.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

i-access sub-contract for the delivery of substance misuse community based harm reduction and outreach, alcohol brief advice and information and non-opiate drug pathway

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75200000 - Provision of services to the community

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

i-access is the substance misuse service for Surrey and is part of Surrey and Borders NHS partnership Trust (SABP). It is a county wide service delivering tier 2, 3 and 4 substance misuse interventions. The service is jointly provided by SABP and Public Health, Surrey County Council under a cooperation agreement. The Child and Family Safeguarding Pilot is part of the i-access service and has a number of months of funding remaining with commitment to secure future funding already being explored. It is part of the i-access service. The Pilot has brought substance misuse workers into the child and family teams in order to support parents with substance misuse issues. This procurement was for subcontracted aspects of i-access. The subcontractor will work in collaboration with SABP and Public Health. The subcontractor’s staff will work with SABP staff to deliver the i-access service. They will be based in the SABP i-access bases.

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: £2,284,940

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement is for subcontracted aspects of i-access. The service provider will work in collaboration with SABP and Public Health. The service provider’s staff will work with SABP staff to deliver the i-access service. They will be based in the SABP i-access bases and in Surrey County council bases for the Child and Family safeguarding pilot.

The i-access bases are:

• Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford

• Abraham Cowley Unit, St Peters Hospital site, Chertsey

• Wingfield Centre, Redhill.

The Child and Family Safeguarding Service bases are:

• Guilford Council – St Francis House

• Woking Council – Quadrant Court

• Walton Council – Ashley Park House

• Redhill Council – Consort House.

SABP and Public Health did not require any Service Provider to try and reduce the financial envelope. The financial envelopes are as stated below:

• Main Sub-contract - £456,988 per annum (for 3 Years with the option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months each)

• Family Safeguarding -£378,000 per annum (maximum funding envelope) for one (1) year on a pay as you go basis based on actual posts/staff recruited in-month and up to 10.00% overhead. Service Providers were advised that bids under the financial envelope stated above, would not gain an advantage on evaluation. Any underspend funding will be re-invested back into the SCC and SABP Cooperative. We understand that when delivering a service there can be unexpected costs. Mitigation for those costs

are discussed and agreed in the programme board, on which the successful Service Provider will sit. The

financial approach to this contract is one of openness, transparency and collaboration.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: 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: 2021/S 000-015613


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

15 February 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Westminster Drug Project

18 Dartmouth Street

London

SW1H 9BL

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £456,988


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Leatherhead

KT22 7FG

Country

United Kingdom