Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
Contact
Mr Baz Mistry
Telephone
+44 1163055119
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
Buyer's address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicester City Council
Leicester
mark.wheatley@leicester.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire
Leicester
siobhan.peters@leics.pcc.police.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/Contact/Contact-Us.aspx
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide
Reference number
DN735362
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
When a death from a suspected suicide occurs, provision of a timely response to support those in distress, and who may need urgent help is needed. This could be a friend, colleague and in some cases, no relationship to the person who has died. The Project will incorporate prevention, intervention and postvention as part of a 3 tiered approach to the risk of suicide attempt following a death by suicide.
This service requires a provider to:
• Offer and provide timely and appropriate support for people affected by suicide.
• Provide accessible, local face-to-face counselling.
• Increase access to information about other supportive services and resources that are available.
• Improve the range and quality of bereavement support after a death by suicide.
• Provide a point of contact for those bereaved by suicide to leave a request for support, available 24/7.
• Raise awareness of the incidence of suicide or attempted suicide in those who have been bereaved by suicide in primary and secondary care.
This contract is for an initial period of 1 year and shall take effect from 01 October 2024 – 30
September 2025. The Authorities may extend this contract beyond the initial term by a further
period or periods of up to 24 months (extension periods) to a maximum of 3 years.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £582,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF21 - Leicester
- UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authorities have undertaken a PSR Process C for the contract award for the provision of Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide in accordance with ‘The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023.
The PSR is the new legislation for the procurement of Healthcare Services. There are 5 different processes Relevant Authorities can use to award contracts. For the provision of Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide, the Authorities have decided to use Process C. This is because the Authorities believe that the incumbent provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: 5 Key Criteria / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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 is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to ward notice. The awarding of this
contract is subject to the Health Care Provision (Provided Selection Regime) Regulations
2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
do not apply to this to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the
standstill. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 30th
of September 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award). This
contract has yet not been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR.
Representation can be formally made through the Council's (Leicestershire County Council)
complaint procedure. Please see link below.
https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/field/pdf/2020/8/4/LCCprocurement-
and-contract-complaint-procedures.pdf
The award of this contract has been made by decision makers of Strategic Lead
Commissioners from Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, who were amongst the evaluation panel, as well as Finance Analyst, Investment (Finance) Officer and Data Protection Officer.
There was no conflict of interest declared by the decision makers or the individual panel
members, who had completed and signed the Council’s Declaration of Interest &
Confidentiality Agreement.
The relative importance of the key criteria that the Councils used to make their decision was
based on the following:
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 1 - Quality & Innovation
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities &
Facilitating Choice
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 5 - Social Value
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 2 - Value (Price)
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:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 30th September 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 September 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harmless CIC
Nottingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF14 - Nottingham
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £582,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Leicestershire County Council
Leicester
Country
United Kingdom