Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care Board
County Hall, Martineau Ln
Norwich
NR1 2DH
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.improvinglivesnw.org.uk/about-us/our-nhs-integrated-care-board-icb/icb-contact/
Buyer's address
https://www.improvinglivesnw.org.uk/about-us/our-nhs-integrated-care-board-icb/icb-contact/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Informed Therapeutic Pathway and Supervision Support (5-18s)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in the provision of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed therapy service.
The aim of this service is to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed therapy for 5-18s, delivered by a team of Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs), Senior CWPs and other senior roles, including management and clinical supervision.
To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating this opportunity, please follow the instructions below:
1. Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (and click the link to register (If your organisation has not registered previously)
2. Once registered, login into the system and look for 'C173666 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Informed Therapeutic Pathway and Supervision Support (5-18s) - NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB’
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £3,855,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH1 - East Anglia
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in the provision of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed therapy service.
The aim of this service is to provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed therapy for 5-18s, delivered by a team of Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs), Senior CWPs and other senior roles, including management and clinical supervision.
Clinical supervision will also be provided for a team of CWPs embedded within Norfolk County Council.
CWPs are trained to offer guided self-help to children, young people and families with mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and common behavioural problems.
The brief focused evidence-based interventions provided by CWPs are in the form of low intensity support and guided self-help to young people who demonstrate mild/moderate:
Anxiety (primary and secondary school age)
Low mood (adolescents)
Common behavioural difficulties (working with parents for under 8s).
Delivery of CBT informed therapy expected outcomes:
In line with Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) principles this service provision should seek to improve services to children, young people (CYP) and their families through:
• Better evidence-based practice - increasing the availability and knowledge of best evidence-based interventions
• Better collaborative practice - goal focused and client centred interventions, using feedback tools to facilitate better working between mental health professionals and families and young people, leading to more personalised care
• Improved service user participation - children, young people and their families having a voice and influence at all levels of the organisation
• Improved cross agency working - encouraging and supporting cross agency collaboration between Health, Social Care and the voluntary and independent sectors
• More accountable services - through the rigorous monitoring of clinical outcomes to be able to share outcomes with young people and families and demonstrate effectiveness to commissioners
• Increased awareness - working in partnership with organisations delivering mental health services, and those in other sectors working with young people and families to increase understanding of the importance of well-being and decrease stigma.
The provider of this project will commit to working collaboratively with children and young people's mental health (CYPMH) and wider health, education and care system partners and adopt a Thrive approach for CYP accessing mental health (MH) services
Clinical supervision expected outcomes:
• CWPs within relevant services receive the required level of clinical supervision, mentoring and support by an appropriately trained clinical supervisor in line with British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) accreditation requirements
• CWPs receive a positive experience and are well supported
This is an initial 3 year contract with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.
To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating this opportunity, please follow the instructions below:
1. Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (and click the link to register (If your organisation has not registered previously)
2. Once registered, login into the system and look for 'C173666 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Informed Therapeutic Pathway and Supervision Support (5-18s) - NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB’
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £3,855,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract is for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.
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
This Procurement has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the “Regulations”) to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (also known as the “Light Touch Regime”).
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: 2023/S 000-014179
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 July 2023
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 29 December 2023
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
18 July 2023
Local time
9:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Arden and GEM CSU
Francis Crick House
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Arden and GEM CSU
Francis Crick House
Northampton
NN3 6BJ
Country
United Kingdom