Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Cariad Burgess
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd,
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Severalls Business Park, Aspen House, Stephenson Rd,
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
19 Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1GG
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Southend-on-Sea Council
8th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Ave
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6ER
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Council
Civic Offices, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/contact
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law
N/A
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
Children and Young People's Mental Health Digital Service (Essex)
Reference number
ACE-0508-2022-ALC
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, as lead Commissioner, on behalf of NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, Essex County Council, Thurrock Borough Council and Southend-on-Sea City Council, for the provision of Children's and Young People's Mental Health Digital Services.
The opportunity was advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Services in April 2022.
The maximum annual budget is £273,877 per annum. The service commencement date is 1st December 2022 for a term of 3 years plus the option to extend for a further 24 months. The total aggregate value inclusive of all extensions is £1,369,385.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £821,631 / Highest offer: £1,369,385 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The aim of this CYP MH Digital Service is to provide children, young people and their carers/guardians a digital platform for mental health support services to provide an early intervention, easy to access online in and out of hours counselling and support service to those children and young people who are registered or are eligible to be registered with a GP throughout Essex.
The Southend Essex and Thurrock (SET) Executive Collaborative Commissioning Forum is looking to improve digital and remote access to mental health support and counselling services for children and young people (CYP), enhancing the mental health of young people and their families across the seven Essex CCG localities, Essex County Council, Southend Borough Council and Thurrock Council.
Locally, commissioners recognise that CAMHS are struggling to meet growing demand from young people for mental health services and are exploring how digital technologies can help support young people in a less resource intensive way—especially where young people do not need the level of specialist community intervention that CAMHS provides
The Provider will ensure they comply with locality policies and procedures, with particular regard to encouraging young people to be as involved as possible in planning and care decisions and to ensure the needs and circumstances of individuals are made visible in their policy and practice. The Provider will ensure they build partnering relationships / pathway working with statutory health and social care services
Please note that the original advertisement for this opportunity was under NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group as lead Commissioner on behalf of the Commissioning Authorities. As of the 1st July 2022, the seven aforementioned CCG's will transition into three separate Integrated Care Boards (ICB's) namely; NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB and NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB, which will be named as the Contracting Authorities in any future Contract Award Notices associated with this procurement.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100%
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: Pass/Fail
Cost criterion - Name: Service Delivery / Weighting: 30%
Cost criterion - Name: Quality Procedures and Performance / Weighting: 40%
Cost criterion - Name: Workforce / Weighting: 10%
Cost criterion - Name: Information Governance / Weighting: 15%
Cost criterion - Name: IM&T / Weighting: 5%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend by 24 months
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-009423
Section five. Award of contract
Title
CYP MH Digital Service (Essex)
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 October 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kooth Digital Health Ltd
5 Merchant Square
London
W21AY
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £821,631
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
We note as a condition of this form that a minimum of at least '1' must be stated for the following:
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States.
To meet the requirements of this form, a figure of 1 has been represented against each. It is noted that the true value for each of the above is in fact 0.
The Service to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended by as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (the "Regulations"). As such, the Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom