Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG
Southampton
lauren.robinson@soeprocurement.nhs.uk
Telephone
+44 1489779181
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ35 - South Hampshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home
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 Counselling Service
Reference number
F9318
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Counselling Support services for children and young people during 2014/2015. The service
provides Tier 2 Counselling Service for Children and Young People 0 - 18 years old (19yrs for
C/YP with Learning disability) who have or are at high risk of developing emotional wellbeing
and/or mental health difficulties. There are a variety of difficulties for which children may
require support. These difficulties include (but are not exclusively):
• Family and relationship issues
• Low mood
• Anxiety
• Low self-esteem
• Anger and challenging behaviours
• Self-harm
• Abuse and neglect
• Bullying
• Bereavement
• Suicidal thoughts
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £864,147
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Community Counselling Service: mainland Hampshire (exc Southampton and Portsmouth)
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
No Limits were the successful bidder following the competitive, compliant Hampshire tender
and commenced delivery in April 2016. The contract was for 3 years and was extended by
two further years to expire on 31st March 2021, which was legally provisioned within the
contract.
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak gave rise to an urgent need for the continuation of the
provision of Counselling Service beyond the previously advertised contract duration. The
Contracting Authority considers COVID-19 to be an unforeseen state of urgency and
therefore as per the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 published a Regulation 72 notice to
extend the service by 6+6 months to expire on 31st March 2022.
The Isle of Wight conducted an AQP (Any Qualified Provider) process and awarded IOW
Youth Trust and Talk2 counselling provided by Barnardos in 2012. Under the Monitor
Regulations which were in place when the contract became live allowed for extension periods without publishing additional notices or further competition.
In 2020, due to the COVID 19 outbreak NHS England stated all contracts should be moved
over to block contracts to ease the burden of work.
Therefore the contract was amended to an activity based direct award to support the
providers financial stability with an extension to the existing contract giving the Contracting
Authority sufficient time to comply with undertaking a compliant competitive procurement
process. This contract is in place until 31st March 2022.
Due to the ongoing nature of COVID-19 and prior to undertaking a competitive procurement
process, the CCG would like to undertake a full and robust service review with coproduction
and engagement of service users and their families / carers and a robust option appraisal as
to what is required for the future to meet the demands of those with lower mental health
needs (as per Local Transformation Plan) across the ICS geographical patch with a
preventative focus including a widely-available and credible digital offer to give young people
more choice and easier access to support at the first signs of difficulty.
In order for the CCG to deliver against the NHS Long Term Plan, the CCG intends to direct
award, to effectively extend the existing service under the same terms and conditions rather
than undertake a competitive procurement process, the rationale and evidence to support
this decision is contained in the section below. The extension will be for a period of 12
months with the longer term aim for the services to be procured through a competitive
tender process with a new contract start date of the 1st April 2023.
The extension term is 12 months commencing 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023
The value of the contracts (at current value) is £595,935 for Hampshire and £268,212 for
the IOW.
This is not new information; prior information, call for competition 2021/S 000-025196
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Community Counselling Service: Isle of Wight, part 1
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
No Limits were the successful bidder following the competitive, compliant Hampshire tender
and commenced delivery in April 2016. The contract was for 3 years and was extended by
two further years to expire on 31st March 2021, which was legally provisioned within the
contract.
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak gave rise to an urgent need for the continuation of the
provision of Counselling Service beyond the previously advertised contract duration. The
Contracting Authority considers COVID-19 to be an unforeseen state of urgency and
therefore as per the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 published a Regulation 72 notice to
extend the service by 6+6 months to expire on 31st March 2022.
The Isle of Wight conducted an AQP (Any Qualified Provider) process and awarded IOW
Youth Trust and Talk2 counselling provided by Barnardos in 2012. Under the Monitor
Regulations which were in place when the contract became live allowed for extension periods without publishing additional notices or further competition.
In 2020, due to the COVID 19 outbreak NHS England stated all contracts should be moved
over to block contracts to ease the burden of work.
Therefore the contract was amended to an activity based direct award to support the
providers financial stability with an extension to the existing contract giving the Contracting
Authority sufficient time to comply with undertaking a compliant competitive procurement
process. This contract is in place until 31st March 2022.
Due to the ongoing nature of COVID-19 and prior to undertaking a competitive procurement
process, the CCG would like to undertake a full and robust service review with coproduction
and engagement of service users and their families / carers and a robust option appraisal as
to what is required for the future to meet the demands of those with lower mental health
needs (as per Local Transformation Plan) across the ICS geographical patch with a
preventative focus including a widely-available and credible digital offer to give young people
more choice and easier access to support at the first signs of difficulty.
In order for the CCG to deliver against the NHS Long Term Plan, the CCG intends to direct
award, to effectively extend the existing service under the same terms and conditions rather
than undertake a competitive procurement process, the rationale and evidence to support
this decision is contained in the section below. The extension will be for a period of 12
months with the longer term aim for the services to be procured through a competitive
tender process with a new contract start date of the 1st April 2023.
The extension term is 12 months commencing 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023
The value of the contracts (at current value) is £595,935 for Hampshire and £268,212 for
the IOW.
This is not new information; prior information, call for competition 2021/S 000-025196
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Community Counselling Service: Isle of Wight, Part 2
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
No Limits were the successful bidder following the competitive, compliant Hampshire tender
and commenced delivery in April 2016. The contract was for 3 years and was extended by
two further years to expire on 31st March 2021, which was legally provisioned within the
contract.
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak gave rise to an urgent need for the continuation of the
provision of Counselling Service beyond the previously advertised contract duration. The
Contracting Authority considers COVID-19 to be an unforeseen state of urgency and
therefore as per the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 published a Regulation 72 notice to
extend the service by 6+6 months to expire on 31st March 2022.
The Isle of Wight conducted an AQP (Any Qualified Provider) process and awarded IOW
Youth Trust and Talk2 counselling provided by Barnardos in 2012. Under the Monitor
Regulations which were in place when the contract became live allowed for extension periods without publishing additional notices or further competition.
In 2020, due to the COVID 19 outbreak NHS England stated all contracts should be moved
over to block contracts to ease the burden of work.
Therefore the contract was amended to an activity based direct award to support the
providers financial stability with an extension to the existing contract giving the Contracting
Authority sufficient time to comply with undertaking a compliant competitive procurement
process. This contract is in place until 31st March 2022.
Due to the ongoing nature of COVID-19 and prior to undertaking a competitive procurement
process, the CCG would like to undertake a full and robust service review with coproduction
and engagement of service users and their families / carers and a robust option appraisal as
to what is required for the future to meet the demands of those with lower mental health
needs (as per Local Transformation Plan) across the ICS geographical patch with a
preventative focus including a widely-available and credible digital offer to give young people
more choice and easier access to support at the first signs of difficulty.
In order for the CCG to deliver against the NHS Long Term Plan, the CCG intends to direct
award, to effectively extend the existing service under the same terms and conditions rather
than undertake a competitive procurement process, the rationale and evidence to support
this decision is contained in the section below. The extension will be for a period of 12
months with the longer term aim for the services to be procured through a competitive
tender process with a new contract start date of the 1st April 2023.
The extension term is 12 months commencing 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023
The value of the contracts (at current value) is £595,935 for Hampshire and £268,212 for
the IOW.
This is not new information; prior information, call for competition 2021/S 000-025196
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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:
A call for competition was published via a prior information notice 2021/S 000-025196 on the 8th October 2021.
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: 2021/S 000-025196
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
Lot 1
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 November 2021
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
No Limits
Southampton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £595,935
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
Lot 2
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 November 2021
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
Isle of Wight Youth Trust
Newport
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £198,000
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
Lot 3
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 November 2021
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
Barnardos
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £70,212
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is not new information.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South of England procurement Services
Fareham
Country
United Kingdom