Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8TB
Contact
Paulo Sousa-Cabral
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
NHS Organisation Data Service
QK1
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://leicesterleicestershireandrutland.icb.nhs.uk/
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
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
Community Eating Disorder Support Service for Children & Young People in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Market Engagement Exercise
Reference number
WHISP-291
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit are issuing this Prior Information Notice on behalf of NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are seeking initial engagement and feedback from the market to establish potential interest to deliver the future provision of Community Eating Disorder Support Service for Children & Young People in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
The notice has been issued subject to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the Procurement of Healthcare Services, to establish market interest in the services here described.
The ICB has not made any decisions with regards to which PSR process to follow in accordance with PSR at this time, and is looking for responses that may guide their decision making in this regard for the future.
Potentially interested parties are invited to respond to the questions within Atamis project C300124 to express an interest and to give feedback on the specification enclosed and estimated financial envelope (£250k) with this Early Supplier Involvement advertisement. Full details of the service are set out in the Specification within Annex 1.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £250,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF21 - Leicester
- UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of the Community Eating Disorder Support Service is to deliver mild to moderate interventions for Children & Young People (C&YP) CEDS across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR).
The service will be skilled in early detection and identification of eating disorders as well as delivering a range of interventions to mild and moderate (sub-clinical) eating disorder presentations through an embedded pathway with CAMHS Eating Disorder Service (CAMHS ED). Accepting step down following triage and direct access referrals. The service will also be focused on prevention and through its work proactively deliver campaigns through a range of social media channels and work across the education sector delivering early intervention psychoeducation workshops to students and teachers.
As part of the non-clinical early intervention and prevention services, C&YP will receive direct access to evidence-based information, CBT-T & CBT-E therapeutic support, and advice in key areas of concern around their eating disorder or disordered eating.
The service will have an integrated pathway with the existing CAMHS ED service and utilise the key age range of 5 to 25 years, integrated services provided will include Adult ED and Eating Disorders, in Student Services delivering continuity of care for children transitioning directly into adult services whether or not they move onto university at the age of 18 years. This helps support the NHS Long Term Plan for an additional 326 C&YP aged 18-25 receiving treatment from an NHS-funded community MH service. The service will also contribute towards the target of 18,165 C&YP receiving treatments from an NHS- funded community MH services by 2025.
The service will deliver a non-clinical early intervention and prevention service for Children & Young People (C&YP) aged 5-25 who have an eating disorder or disordered eating.
Please see the service specification for further detail.
two.2.14) Additional information
At this stage this is an engagement exercise. This engagement exercise will be operated via electronic means using the internet. Details will be made available via documentation and information released on the Atamis portal.
To express interest, please register via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Atamis Reference: C300124.
Should providers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Providers are requested to answer the questions within the requirement section when registering interest (via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ref C300124) by 12:00 hours on Wednesday 21st August 2024.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 September 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Provider Selection Regime
The ICB are aware of their transparency obligations under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Please note for those providers expressing interest for these services, this does not guarantee that they will not be required to register for any future provider selection process, and they should not rely on their response to this Expressions of Interest notice as confirmation that the ICB will proceed further. Furthermore, although the ICB is conducting this market engagement exercise, it is under no obligation to take up any suggestions from providers.
All details provided by the ICB are in draft format, the ICB reserves the right to change/amend any aspect of the requirement prior to any potential future procurement exercise.
This notice is issued subject to Provider Selection Regime regulations. Please note that any subsequent contract ultimately emanating from this notice will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 will not apply to any future award.
Transparency
The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement- and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance