Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
Contact
Mr Martin Hall
Telephone
+44 1163053623
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
Buyer's address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
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
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOL's) - Mental Health Assessor (Doctors S12)
Reference number
DN657017
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 is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors.
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: £900,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a notification of award by exception - Local Authorities have primary responsibility as the Supervisory Body under the DoL Safeguards. In operational terms this means that Local Authorities (Supervisory Body's) receive requests from Managing Authorities (residential/nursing homes and hospitals) and are required to organise, complete and respond to requests for authorisations within the mandated deadlines under the DoLS regulations. As part of this the Supervisory Body needs to arrange for a qualified assessor to complete relevant assessments. This process is currently arranged via an approved list of appropriately qualified assessors.
The Standing List that is currently used to select a Doctor to undertake an assessment is established as follows:
To undertake mental health and eligibility assessments, the Doctor must:
Be approved under section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or a registered medical practitioner with at least three years’ post-registration experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder
Provide evidence they have completed the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards mental health assessor programme, made available by The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Undertake annual update training provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and provide evidence of this.
Join the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service which lets applicants keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows employers to check a certificate online.
Have a current registration with the General Medical council.
Comply with the Law for the time being in force and in particular will comply with all Equal Opportunities Legislation and anti-discriminatory practices and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the supply and provision of the Service under this Agreement.
Have attended, or would be prepared to attend, the Supervisory Body’s Training Programme.
Leicestershire County Council are open to any suitably qualified professionals joining the list at any point during the period that the list is open
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Suitably Qualified (as above) / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
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 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:
In the lifetime of the previous Framework we did an engagement event with Doctors to look at introducing a Framework for these Assessments.It was evident that the current cohort of Doctors at that time would not be interested in applying to be on a Framework. Over this period the Government announced changes to the current DOL's BIA assessment process introducing the new LPS standards which where due to introduced in 2020.This has been previously delayed and it is now expected that the new LPS arrangements will be introduced sometime in 2024.The purpose of this exception is to continue under the current arrangement until the guidance is issued for LPS for LCC to understand the new requirements.
This current arrangement will end once the Government announce changes to DoLS, and once the details of the new legislation are known, a new procurement can be undertaken.
The new procurement may also take place under the Provider Selection Regime, once this legislation goes live and we understand its scope. This legislation may give us further flexibility in terms of how the procurement is undertaken.
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 000-017629
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DN657017
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17 February 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 30
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
30 Qualified Professionals
Leicestershire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £900,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Leicestershire County Council
Glenfield
Country
United Kingdom