Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
Telephone
+44 782872500
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
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
NHS Blackpool Clinical commissioning Group - Parent Infant Relationship Service
Reference number
L-21-09
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Blackpool CCG wish to commission a pilot for a Specialised Parent Infant Relationship Team to support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their unborn baby, their baby or young child.
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: £680,574
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD42 - Blackpool
- UKD44 - Lancaster and Wyre
Main site or place of performance
Within the areas covered by NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Blackpool CCG wishes to commission a pilot for a Specialised Parent Infant Relationship Team to support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their unborn baby, their baby or young child.
The pilot will run for two years during which time there will be a focus on the feasibility and acceptability of the service with beneficiaries and referrers/professionals.
The aim of the Parent Infant Relationship Team is to improve the quality of parent-infant interactions. The focus of support required will be the parent-infant relationship. It will be an early intervention service that works to support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their unborn baby, their baby or young child.
The service will improve the outcomes of the infants and young children by: -
• promoting good parent infant relationships and early child development
• providing early comprehensive assessment to families
• providing evidence informed integrated service
• advancing the understanding of parent mental health and parent-infant relationship and
• to have a clear understanding of what is available and develop effective pathways
• providing training and consultancy to frontline practitioners to enhance recognition and appropriate signposting dyads with relationship difficulties in the early years
• working with CAMHS as part of a hybrid model to ensure children aged 2-5 and their families can access support where there are difficulties in the nurturing relationship.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / 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
N/A
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:
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTH) currently provides CAMHS, maternity services, health visiting service (Blackpool only), and has perinatal mental health workers within the Primary and Intermediate Mental Health Team. BTH hosts a perinatal MDT where cases are brought for discussion. They have also recently become the provider of Maternal Mental Health Services (MMHS) across Lancashire and South Cumbria (L&SC).
The Parent Infant Relationship Service Steering Group are in agreement that the service would be best placed as a hybrid model between CAMHS and the Families Division. This would allow the service to meet the current gap in clinical interventions for the 0-5 element of CAMHS with appropriate referrals identified via maternity, health visiting services and the existing perinatal MDT. The steering group also recommended that the team would sit within an existing organisational structure that provides managerial and clinical supervision with access to community venues to allow parents to benefit from the support of a variety of community assets.
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/concession
Contract No
1
Title
Parent Infant Relationship Service Pilot
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
7 December 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD42 - Blackpool
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £680,574
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this VEAT Notice to confirm NHS Blackpool CCG’s (the CCG) intention to award a contract for the pilot for the Parent Infant Relationship Service to Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Following publication of the VEAT notice on 8 December 2021, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on 20 December 2021. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, the CCGs will enter into a contract with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the 2 year pilot.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4LX
Country
United Kingdom