Contract

Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

  • NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-030871

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04a352

Published 26 September 2024, 5:30pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

Derby

Email

ddicb.childrenscommissioning@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF11 - Derby

NHS Organisation Data Service

15M

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/

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

Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This notice relates to the award of a contract for Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People under the negotiated procedure without prior publication.

The contract relates to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Commissioner is therefore bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (the Light Touch Regime).

The contract term is 3 years from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 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: £1,100,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Main site or place of performance

Derby and Derbyshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The aim of the CYP Digital Mental Health Service will be to improve the emotional wellbeing and mental health of all CYP, who have emerging needs across the Derbyshire ICS footprint by providing an early response and increased access through the use of digital services built around the needs and views of CYP.

Service delivery objectives include:

• Offer therapeutic interventions and access to support at the times when CYP need it.

• Improve access to the provision of self-care tools and resources which support CYP and their families to help themselves and build resilience

• Provide an accessible, safe, secure, online environment for CYP to be able to discuss their emotional wellbeing and mental health with peers and trained Therapists.

• If delivering structured intervention use evidence based assessment tools and interventions, set SMART goals with CYP and provide pathways into other services, as required.

• Ensure CYP who are identified as more at risk of experiencing emerging mental health needs such as, BAME, CYP with SEND, excluded CYP or CYJ are able to access the appropriate level of support when it is needed.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: Quality and Price / Weighting: 100

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The contract term is 3 years from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.


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

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure

Explanation:

Following a contract notice published on 26th May 2021 (2021/S 000-011761) a Light Touch Regime procurement process was undertaken and, following evaluation of bids against the published evaluation criteria, no received tenders met the minimum requirements and no contract award could be made.

A new contract was awarded via the negotiated procedure without prior Publication to the incumbent provider.

The conditions of the contract have not been substantially altered and the nature and scope of the contract remain the same to those published within the procurement process referenced above.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

15 March 2022

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

Kooth PLC

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

12526594

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,100,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom