Specialised Counselling for Pregnancy-Related Bereavement and Baby Loss Across Suffolk and North East Essex

  • NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-019176

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-046e01

Published 21 June 2024, 1:51pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Aspen House, Stephenson Road,Severalls Business Park

COLCHESTER

CO49QR

Contact

Sarah Skilton

Email

sarah.skilton@snee.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 1473770225

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH14 - Suffolk

NHS Organisation Data Service

QJG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Specialised Counselling for Pregnancy-Related Bereavement and Baby Loss Across Suffolk and North East Essex

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Intention is to commission a specialised bereavement counselling service that meets the needs of women or the birthing person and their partners, who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health distress because of pregnancy-related bereavement or baby loss. Access to the service will be provided via professional referral and self-referral. The service is accessible following a stillbirth, second trimester miscarriage, terminations for medical reasons, recurrent miscarriages, neonatal loss, birth trauma, pregnancy after loss, and early miscarriage (by professional referral only). A fixed number of counselling sessions will be provided either virtually or face-to-face based on parent choice.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2024/S 000-017609


Section seven. Changes

seven.1) Information to be changed or added

seven.2) Other additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice.

This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.

Contract award date: 6th June2024

The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01.04.2024 - 01.10.2025

Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £143,400