Contract

Individual Placement Support Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

  • NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-008506

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0373f1

Published 23 March 2023, 2:36pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Halesfield 6, Halesfield

Telford

TF7 4BF

Contact

Hayley Smith

Email

h.smith27@nhs.net

Telephone

+44 7770493216

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.shropshiretelfordandwrekin.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

Individual Placement Support Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Reference number

STW-22-07

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services Contract for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB).

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: £2,140,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79610000 - Placement services of personnel
  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 85300000 - Social work and related services
    • EA08 - For unemployed person
    • EA22 - For/Adapted for mentally disabled

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin
  • UKG22 - Shropshire CC
Main site or place of performance

County of Shropshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services Contract for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The overall vision for this service is to enable people with mental health problems to be able to enjoy a good quality of life, reduce health inequalities, remain independent and in control, be included as members of society and, most importantly, realise their potential for recovery.

This service will contribute to improve performance on:

a. Public Health Outcome Framework (1.8): Employment for those with long term health conditions including adults with a learning disability who are in contact with secondary mental health services.

b. Adult Social Care Outcome Framework (1F): The proportion of adults in contact with secondary mental health services in paid employment.

c. NHS Outcomes Framework (2.5): Enhancing quality of life of people with mental illness / Employment of people with a mental health difficulty.

The service will deploy employment specialists (ES’s) into community mental health teams and other secondary mental health services. The ES’s will provide employment support in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

The Contract has been awarded for a period of 3 Years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. The Contract will commence on the 1st April 2023. This will be a block Contract with an estimated value of £428,000.00 per annum. NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80.00%

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 20.00%

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

two.2.14) Additional information

Note a full breakdown of evaluation weightings was included within the tender documentation.


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: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-028264


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

STW-22-07

Title

Individual Placement Support Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

31 January 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Enable, Shropshire Council

Shire Hall, Abbey Foregate

Shrewsbury

SY2 6ND

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKG22 - Shropshire CC
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £2,140,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities followed was set out in the ITT.

As the ICB is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

Halesfield 6, Halesfield

Telford

TF7 4BF

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.shropshiretelfordandwrekin.nhs.uk/