Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Mark Fordham
Telephone
+44 1442284135
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.hertsandwestessex.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
Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and as such provides notification of the intention of the Authority to enter into a contract for the Adult mental Health Services to be provided to the population of West Essex (and Essex wide) by the incumbent provider, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT).
The new contract is intended to begin on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The value of the new contract is £30,405,883 (excl. VAT) with a maximum cumulative value of £60,811,766 (excl. VAT). Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the provider.
The service has been in place since 1st April 2021 and has a total cumulative value of approximately £72,000,000 (excluding the value of this new contract).
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: £60,811,766
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and as such provides notification of the intention of the Authority to enter into a contract for the Adult mental Health Services to be provided to the population of West Essex (and Essex wide) by the incumbent provider, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT).
The new contract is intended to begin on 1st April 2024 and end on 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further 12 months. The value of the new contract is £30,405,883 (excl. VAT) with a maximum cumulative value of £60,811,766. Please note that these are expected values and may be amended post contract finalisation with the provider.
The service has been in place since 1st April 2021 and has a total cumulative value of approximately £72,000,000 (excluding the value of this new contract).
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provide the following Adult Mental Health services for West Essex Place patients:
• Integrated community mental health service
• Community specialist mental health service
• Adult community eating disorder & FREED
• All age mental health crisis service and home first (home treatment) service
• Mental health liaison service (PAH)
• Memory assessment and neurocognitive service
In addition, the ICB commission Essex wide services with Essex health colleagues via the current mental health contract(s):
• Intensive support team
• Adult ADHD service
• Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service
• Personality disorders
• Adult assessment unit - Inpatient service
• Adult acute psychiatric inpatient service
• Adult psychiatric intensive care (PICU) service
• Older adult (Organic) psychiatric inpatient service
• Older adult (functional) psychiatric inpatient service In patient rehabilitation "
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further year from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026
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
In line with best practice, the Authority will observe a voluntary 10-day standstill period prior to concluding the proposed contract with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
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
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services
Explanation:
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) was incorporated on 1st July 2022 and includes the three previous clinical commissioning groups. Since the HWE ICB was incorporated, we have been working to review services across each 'place' to ensure that there is equity of access for our patients across the broader ICB area.
The provider is an incumbent provider in HWE ICB in West Essex place since 2021 and delivers a good quality, timely service to West Essex patients and is integrally linked with all existing trusts in the West Essex and wider Essex area.
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
The Lodge, Lodge Approach, Runwell
Essex
SS11 7XX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £60,811,766
Total value of the contract/lot: £30,405,883
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice for England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom