Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Morecambe
LA1 1QD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD1 - Cumbria
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools
Reference number
L21-16
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Morecambe Bay CCG. This invitation to tender was for three Mental Health Support Teams in schools, in the Morecambe Bay area.
The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023.
The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll.
The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings.
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: £5,327,590
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD4 - Lancashire
Main site or place of performance
Morecambe Bay
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023.
The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings.
The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll.
Mental Health Support Teams are intended to:
▪ Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs
▪ Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing
▪ Providing timely advice to staff and liaising with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Service Delivery - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 42
Quality criterion - Name: Quality & Governance - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 33
Quality criterion - Name: Workforce - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Information Management & Technology - Pass/ Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Information Governance - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Equalities - Pass / Fail, Scored / Weighting: 5
Price - Weighting: 0 - pass / fail
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
two.2.14) Additional information
The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids that exceed the indicated budget.
Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-030750
Section five. Award of contract
Title
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG MHSTs in Schools
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 March 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Barnardos
Barnardo House, Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Ilford,
Essex
IG6 1QG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £5,327,590
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This procurement was for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The only selection for type of Procedure was “Open” and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is not an Open procedure but “Other” procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Chorley House
Morecambe Bay
LA1 1QD
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Moor Lane Mills
Lancaster
LA1 1QD
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG
Lancaster
LA1 1QD
Country
United Kingdom