Award

NHS SYICB - Sheffield Place - Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support Service (YIACS)

  • NHS South Yorkshire ICB

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-008124

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03b4a3

Published 21 March 2023, 10:26am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS South Yorkshire ICB

722 Prince of Wales Road

Sheffield

S9 4EU

Email

syicb.procurement@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE3 - South Yorkshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.southyorkshire.icb.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

NHS SYICB - Sheffield Place - Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support Service (YIACS)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (the ‘Authority') intend to, without competition, during the period 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 commission a Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support Service (YIACS) for young people aged 13-25 in Sheffield. YIACS is and will be delivered as part of Door 43 hosted by Sheffield Futures at Star House, 43 Division Street S1 4GE.

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: £283,556

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE3 - South Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance

Sheffield

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (the ‘Authority') intend to, without competition, during the period 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 commission a Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support Service (YIACS) for young people aged 13-25 in Sheffield. YIACS is and will be delivered as part of Door 43 hosted by Sheffield Futures at Star House, 43 Division Street S1 4GE.
The continuation of the YIACS service, that sits under the Door 43 brand, is clinically supported through Sheffield’s Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s Mental Health. The Authority wants to continue to commission an integrated holistic approach to mental health services which Door 43 provides.

two.2.5) Award criteria

  • Criterion: 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

Award procedure without prior publication of a concession notice in the cases listed below

  • The works or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The continuation of the YIACS service, that sits under the Door 43 brand, is clinically supported through Sheffield’s Local Transformation Plan for Children and Young People’s Mental Health. The Authority wants to continue to commission an integrated holistic approach to mental health services which Door 43 provides.

The service is full of complex interdependencies and new emerging changes in the service landscape and in patterns of demand post pandemic which need to be considered as part of any future service model. Time is required to unpick these complexities. Work to review the service could not commence until other aspects of early intervention for Children’s mental health were embedded during winter 2022 and as other services that have been under review all influence the future service model for YIACS.

There are several different external agencies (schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), GP practices within Primary Care Networks, local authority and charities) that use this service on a daily basis; it is a trusted service which is clearly established throughout Sheffield as the Organisation who provide mental health support.


In 2022/23 the Sheffield place/Local authority CYP joint commissioner began to undertake work with system colleagues to look at what a YIACS Sheffield service would need to look like to be fit for the future, based on changing and increased demands and presentations of CYP, and noting the significant number of interdependencies delivered through the current provider, Door 43. A 12-month extension would give the opportunity to consider further the emerging shape of what future system provision should comprise of to support young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health needs in the context of a changing service landscape and changing patterns of demand and service delivery over the last 12 months.

Service development in YIACS is dependent on embedding other aspects of the early intervention and prevention structure in Sheffield, such as emerging Mental Health Support Teams in schools and changes to the way that SCFT CAMHS operates, which have impacted on the evolution of the need for a Sheffield YIACS service as part of the local integrated offer and in the context of a pilot safe space and new 7 day a week age16 plus drop in and telephone Support Haven.

Door 43 includes multiple Wellbeing Cafés to support young people in managing emotional and mental health needs; and support young people with their wider health needs by providing opportunity for sexual health testing and counselling on a range of emotional wellbeing and mental health issues. This service is delivered in a bespoke facility that has been developed using significant national and local capital funds. There is no capital funding available for an alternate provider and a space which meets the standard at Door 43 would need to be located within the City Centre, fully operational from 1st April 2023. Key requirements of the space include laptops, computers, kitchen for young people to use, clinic rooms for sexual health testing, seating area and various other elements.

Young people have fed back that they want a local (Sheffield) service which fully aligns to the current provisions, creating a seamless pathway of care and holistic services. Therefore, continued delivery of YIACS through Door 43, will avoid fragmentation of Sheffield’s prevention and early intervention offer for emotional wellbeing and mental health and stability of provision until wider system learning from local changes and pilots can feed into a new model for future delivery.
Contract Value £283,556/annum

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 March 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Sheffield Futures

STAR HOUSE 43 DIVISION STREET

Sheffield

S1 4GE

Email

neill.scott@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 7921822211

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKE32 - Sheffield
National registration number

02963378

Internet address

www.sheffieldfutures.org.uk

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £283,556

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £283,556


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS England

1st Floor, Quarry House, Quarry Hill

Leeds

LS2 7UE

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.england.nhs.uk//

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

NHS England

1st Floor, Quarry House, Quarry Hill

Leeds

LS2 7UE

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.england.nhs.uk//