Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square
Warrington
WA11QY
Contact
Anna Roberts
anna.roberts@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD61 - Warrington
NHS Organisation Data Service
QYG
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.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
YPAS Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The YPAS service is part of the overarching Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) commissioned for local patients. YPAS work as part of a specific local Liverpool CAMHS partnership alongside other local NHS, independent and voluntary sector providers in the local area who have all agreed to work collaboratively in their service delivery. YPAS delivers a prevention and early intervention model through operating three community based mental health hubs delivering the following services for CYP aged 5-25 years and their families:
• Open access drop-in
• Mental health wellbeing support/social prescribing
• Parenting and family programmes
• Counselling and psychological therapies
• Alternative to crisis service
• Primary Care Liaison
• Mental health Support Teams in Schools (MHST)
• Targeted services for CYP who identify as LGBTQ+ and refugee and asylum seekers
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: £10,206,662
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD72 - Liverpool
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place have awarded a 2 + 1 contract term for YPAS Services in Liverpool Place. The contract has started on 1st April 2024 and will expire 31st March 2026 with an option to extend to 31st March 2027.
In Liverpool Place YPAS are part of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership which works collaboratively as part of a Memorandum of Agreement within all contracts. This has strengthened the collaborative approach ensuring specific requirements are shared including workforce, estates, information sharing, communication and partnerships.
There is currently no other service across Cheshire and Merseyside which has the operating model of YPAS, specifically in relation to being part of a wider collaborative and core delivery partner and therefore further competition is absent to ensure continuity of delivery and sustainability of the future care model.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
1 year extension is available.
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:
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:
- Additional deliveries by by the original supplier
This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
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: 2023/S 000-038017
Section five. Award of contract
Title
YPAS Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 December 2023
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
Young Person's Advisory Service Liverpool
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House
02596423
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: £10,206,662
Total value of the contract/lot: £10,206,662
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
No1 Lakeside
Warrington
WA1 1QY
Country
United Kingdom