Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Wicker House, High Street
WORTHING
BN11 1DJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
NHS Organisation Data Service
QNX
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
Crisis Cafes in West Sussex NHS/SOEPS/22.841 PINCC
Reference number
NHS/SOEPS/22.841 PINCC
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is to inform the market of the intention to directly award contracts to Richmond Fellowship and West Sussex MIND for the provision of a Crisis Cafe Service for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board ('the ICB') as follows:
• Crawley Crisis Café (Richmond Fellowship):
Six months from 01/04/23 for a total value of £147,013
• Worthing Crisis Café (West Sussex MIND):
Nine months from 01/01/23 for a total value of £212,366
(based on 2021-22 figures)
A key component of the NHS Long-Term Plan for Mental Health the provision of crisis alternatives and support services, including crisis cafes, are considered an essential alternative to de-escalating or preventing a mental health crisis which would otherwise require attendance at A&E or an in-patient admission.
This direct award is necessary to:
i) Enable a full evaluation of the current service provision to take place and decide whether to reprocure or terminate the service.
ii) Allow the Sussex-wide review of all existing staying well services (of which this is part) to conclude, so as to ensure equality and consistency across the NHS Sussex footprint.
It is essential that the existing service continues to support both new and existing service users whilst a full evaluation locally and Sussex-wide concludes and a new procurement process takes place. The service is a key component of the crisis and urgent care pathway in West Sussex. If the service did not continue in the interim there would be a significant negative impact on our local population who experience mental health crisis, their families and add to the demand and pressures on other parts of healthcare services including both A&E and MH inpatient services.
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of the PIN further, please do this by sending a message or a completed Expression of Interest via the In-tend e-Tendering portal at https://intendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home in the first instance.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00pm (midday) on Monday 12th December 2022.
If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority intends to enter a contract with the incumbent provider relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice, within 30 days of publication.
Please note a portal message is the only accepted method of expressing an interest (correspondence received by any other route will not be responded to).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £359,379
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance
Crawley and Worthing areas of West Sussex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is to inform the market of the intention to directly award contracts to Richmond Fellowship and West Sussex MIND for the provision of a Crisis Cafe Service for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board ('the ICB') as follows:
• Crawley Crisis Café (Richmond Fellowship):
Six months from 01/04/23 for a total value of £147,013
• Worthing Crisis Café (West Sussex MIND):
Nine months from 01/01/23 for a total value of £212,366
(based on 2021-22 figures)
A key component of the NHS Long-Term Plan for Mental Health the provision of crisis alternatives and support services, including crisis cafes, are considered an essential alternative to de-escalating or preventing a mental health crisis which would otherwise require attendance at A&E or an in-patient admission.
This direct award is necessary to:
i) Enable a full evaluation of the current service provision to take place and decide whether to reprocure or terminate the service.
ii) Allow the Sussex-wide review of all existing staying well services (of which this is part) to conclude, so as to ensure equality and consistency across the NHS Sussex footprint.
It is essential that the existing service continues to support both new and existing service users whilst a full evaluation locally and Sussex-wide concludes and a new procurement process takes place. The service is a key component of the crisis and urgent care pathway in West Sussex. If the service did not continue in the interim there would be a significant negative impact on our local population who experience mental health crisis, their families and add to the demand and pressures on other parts of healthcare services including both A&E and MH inpatient services.
If you wish to express an interest or should you wish to discuss the content of the PIN further, please do this by sending a message or a completed Expression of Interest via the In-tend e-Tendering portal at https://intendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home in the first instance.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00pm (midday) on Monday 12th December 2022.
If no expressions of interest are received, the Authority intends to enter a contract with the incumbent provider relying upon a Regulation 32 exemption of no response/no requests to participate have been submitted in response to this notice, within 30 days of publication.
Please note a portal message is the only accepted method of expressing an interest (correspondence received by any other route will not be responded to).
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £359,379
two.2.14) Additional information
Crawley Crisis Café (Richmond Fellowship):
Six months from 01/04/23 for a total value of £147,013
Worthing Crisis Café (West Sussex MIND):
Nine months from 01/01/23 for a total value of £212,366
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
12 December 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures
13 December 2022
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS South of England Procurement
Fareham
Country
United Kingdom