- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 1. Psychotherapy (or a talking therapy) for the child
- Lot 2. Creative or physical therapy involving the child only
- Lot 3. Family/Filial therapy/Theraplay
- Lot 4. Parental group work
- Lot 5. Therapeutic short breaks or activities for the child
- Lot 6. Therapeutic Life Story Work
- Lot 7. Specialist Assessments (for children, parents/ carers),
- Lot 8. Staff training in therapeutic approaches
- Lot 9. Provision of Clinical Psychology input "in-house" directly to projects/services and caseloads, as required
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
North Northamptonshire Council
The Cube,George Street
CORBY
NN171QG
Contact
North Northamptonshire Procurement Team
procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3001263000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Northamptonshire Children's Trust Therapeutic Interventions Dynamic Framework
Reference number
NNC00000049
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Northamptonshire Children's Trust Authority is commissioning Therapeutic Fostering Interventions.
The Children's Trust is setting up a Framework Agreement for 1 year plus a 1-year extension, pending budget being available for year2 for the provision of Therapeutic Fostering Interventions.
The objectives of this Framework Agreement are to have a range of Providers that can provide high quality Therapeutic Fostering Interventions to the Trust's clients - both the children and young people the Trust is supporting and their wider family network who may also require the service. The service specification describes a requirement to establish a framework agreement with several Service Providers to supply Therapeutic Fostering Interventions to clients depending on the individuals' specific needs.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £2,600,000
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Psychotherapy (or a talking therapy) for the child
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Educational psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFST)
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
• Mentalisation Based Therapy
• Neurointegration system therapy (NIS)
• Reducing anxiety management plan (RAMP)
• Regulating emotions therapy
• Psychoanalytical therapy
• Sensory integration/processing therapy
• Therapeutic listening
• Bereavement therapy
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
N/A
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Creative or physical therapy involving the child only
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Art therapy
• Dance movement therapy
• Drama therapy
• Lego therapy
• Mindful yoga
• Music therapy
• Play therapy
• Animal-based therapy
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Possible 1 year extension
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Family/Filial therapy/Theraplay
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Parent/child attachment play
• Play Therapy
• Theraplay - Certified Practitioner
• Theraplay - Non-Certified Practitioner
• Filial Therapy
• Child to Parent Violence (CPV) Individual Based programmes
• Dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP) certified practitioner
• Dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP) informed/non-certified practitioner
• Multi-systemic therapy (MST)
• Parent Child Attachment Play (PCAP)
• Psychodynamic Family Therapy
• Relationship Therapy
• Systemic family therapy
• Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)
• Video feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline
(VIP SD)
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Parental group work
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Building Attachments
• Foundations for Attachment
• Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Programme
• Nurturing Attachments
• Safer Stronger Adoptive families
• Secure Base/Safe Base parenting programme
• Forest school skills
• The great behaviour breakdown programme
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Therapeutic short breaks or activities for the child
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Therapeutic short breaks (with specific focus on delivering therapeutic interventions in a "short break" scenario, with the aim of impacting on case outcomes).
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Therapeutic Life Story Work
Lot No
6
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Therapeutic Life Story Work
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Specialist Assessments (for children, parents/ carers),
Lot No
7
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Specialist psychological assessment (based on trauma and attachment) - This should be led and undertaken by a qualified clinician(s)* and should result in a therapeutic support plan for the child(ren) / family.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment - This should be led and undertaken by a qualified clinician(s)* and should result in a therapeutic support plan for the child(ren) / family.
• Sensory Assessment
• Use of measurement/evaluation tools such as Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) & Story stem
• Others as available
*licensed to practice via a regulator such as the Health and Care Professional Council e.g. a trained Clinical Psychologist or Attachment Psychotherapist.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Staff training in therapeutic approaches
Lot No
8
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Dyadic developmental psychotherapy (DDP) training
• Emotion Coaching training
• Reflective supervision support for social care staff
• Training to develop the emotional resilience of social care staff
• Others as available
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2.14) Additional information
Option to extend by 1 year
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Provision of Clinical Psychology input "in-house" directly to projects/services and caseloads, as required
Lot No
9
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Public Health Fostering Capacity Building and Care Leaver Mental Health projects have provision for a Clinical Psychologist working across the projects engaged in the following areas:
• Oversee and advise on cohort cases, collating case summaries and assessments;
• Deliver in-house training to NCT staff;
• Chair the panel that recommends therapy approaches for cohort cases;
• Works to embed training approached across social care staff.
• Others as available.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 1 year
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The project was advertised on Contracts finder in rather than Find a Tender, this was an error not an intentional avoidance of the procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
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
3 April 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Adoptionplus Ltd
Unit 8, Moulsoe Business Centre
Moulsoe
MK16 0FJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Broad Horizons
2A Allen Road
Abington
NN1 4NE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Create Therapy
24 Victoria Road
Northampton
NN15ED
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Child Centred Therapy
The Old School
Alwalton
PE7 3UU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH1 - East Anglia
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Integrate Families LLP
Unit A2 Croft Head Business Park
Skelmanthorpe
HD8 9BQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD4 - Lancashire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Serendipity Psychology Services Ltd
Mill Barn
Cranford
NN14 4AA
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Service Six
15 Sassoon Close
Wellingborough
NN83LT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF25 - North Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The KidsAid Foundation
5 Giffard Court
Northampton
NN5 5JF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Psyche (Sy-kee)
174 Park Avenue North
Northampton
NN3 2HZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,600,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,600,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
N/A
N/A
Country
United Kingdom