- 1. NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group
- 2. NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
- 3. NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group
- 4. NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
- 5. NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group
- 6. NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
- 7. NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group
Pearl House, 12 Castle Road
Rayleigh
SS6 7QF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://castlepointandrochfordccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group
6th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 9SB
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Wren House, Colchester Road
Chelmsford
CM2 5PF
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group
Civic Offices 2nd Floor, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.thurrockccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Aspen House, Stephenson Road
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.neessexccg.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Building 4 Spencer Close, The Plain,
Epping
CM16 6TN
Contact
Amy Wilson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH35 - West Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Pan Essex Keyworker Service for Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities and or Autism - Market Engagement Event
Reference number
ACE-0548-2022-ACE
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The pan Essex Integrated LD Commissioning Team have been successful in its bid for NHSE Funding to implement a Keyworker Service for Children and Young People (C&YP) with Learning Disabilities (LD) and or Autism, on behalf of the Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET) Transforming Care Partnership (TCP).
The Keyworker Service aims to achieve these outcomes by recruiting Keyworkers over the next 2 years to work with those C&YP most at risk of admission, to help them navigate the system whilst holding it to account in its development/action of plans of care agreed/required to reduce this risk. The Keyworker Service is expected to deliver the following National Metrics:
-By the end of March 2023, all children & young people (C&YP) identified as red or amber on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) will have a named Keyworker
-By the end of March 2023, all C&YP placed in a Tier 4 Inpatient Service will have a named Keyworker
The Authority invites interested providers to attend a virtual pre-procurement market engagement event which will be broadcast via Microsoft (MS) Teams. The format of the event will be a presentation from the commissioners followed by a Q&A for Bidders. The information gathered will support commissioners to understand better the service model to put in place and will be used to inform the approach to the procurement process.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
Main site or place of performance
North east Essex, West Essex, Mid and South Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The pan Essex Integrated LD Commissioning Team have been successful in its bid for NHSE Funding to implement a Keyworker Service for Children and Young People (C&YP) with Learning Disabilities (LD) and or Autism, on behalf of the Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET) Transforming Care Partnership (TCP). The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the requirement to reduce the number of C&YP with learning disabilities and autism placed in an in-patient setting to between 12-15 per million population. Building the Right Support has three key outcomes that the SET TCP is committed to delivering; improving the quality of life for people in inpatient services and community settings, improving the quality of care for people in inpatient services and community settings, and to reduce reliance on inpatient settings.
The Keyworker Service aims to achieve these outcomes by recruiting Keyworkers over the next 2 years to work with those C&YP most at risk of admission, to help them navigate the system whilst holding it to account in its development/action of plans of care agreed/required to reduce this risk. The Keyworker Service is expected to deliver the following National Metrics:
-By the end of March 2023, all children & young people (C&YP) identified as red or amber on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) will have a named Keyworker
-By the end of March 2023, all C&YP placed in a Tier 4 Inpatient Service will have a named Keyworker
This will be a joint procurement via a one stage tender under the Light Touch Regime, undertaken by the participating Contracting Authorities, NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Thurrock CCG, NHS North East Essex CCG, and NHS West Essex CCG, herein known as "the Authority," to award a contract for provision of the Keyworker Service for a period of three years, which assumes a phased recruitment plan post award to the successful provider, from 1st February 2022 - 31st January 2025, at an aggregate contract value of up to £2.5m over such term. The indicative date for the ITT to be released is 1st June 2022.
The Authority invites interested providers to attend a virtual pre-procurement market engagement event which will be broadcast via Microsoft (MS) Teams. The format of the event will be a presentation from the commissioners followed by a Q&A for Bidders. The information gathered will support commissioners to understand better the service model to put in place and will be used to inform the approach to the procurement process. All organisations wishing to attend the event must complete, and return a Booking Form via Attain's the eProcurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) via Current Opportunities (Ref "sq_64") by no later than 10th May 2022 at 17:00.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 June 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Service falls within Schedule 3 ('social and other specific services', also known as the "Light Touch" Regime) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ('PPAR 2020').
Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by potential Bidders prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for their own commercial judgement. The commissioners reserve the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the commissioners and / or their advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice.
All organisations wishing to attend the event must complete, and return a Booking Form via Attain's the eProcurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) via Current Opportunities (Ref "sq_64 - Pan Essex Keyworker Service for Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities and or Autism - Market Engagement Event") by no later than 10th May 2022 at 17:00.
A link to enable access to the Webinar will be issued via the eProcurement Portal 48hours prior to the event.