Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
London
Contact
Drew Bromfield
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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 England Health & Justice South East - Children and Young Person's Framework for Integrated Care Community Services (Thames Valley)
Reference number
C303563 / WA15639
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS England Health & Justice South East (NHSE) is seeking to commission a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver the Children and Young Persons Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) Community Service in the Thames valley area.
The service is to be delivered in three areas of the Thames Valley region (Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) and needs to consist of:
• A service that offers a clinical screening, assessment and professional consultancy resource to other teams and practitioners (e.g. social care, education, youth offending teams (YOTs)) in the area regarding referrals of vulnerable children with complex needs at risk of contact with the criminal justice system. The service will also advise teams and services on onward referrals of children to other appropriate services in the area.
• A youth worker service, providing ongoing face to face support and engagement to a small caseload of children and young people with complex needs referred by the screening and assessment service
The service will need to facilitate integrated local trauma-informed systems that enable vulnerable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The Service will need to be characterised by a close level of integration between the clinical delivery and youth work delivery.
The contract term will be 4 years, with a total contract value of £6,788,000. The contract will commence on 1st April 2025.
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £6,788,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Thames Valley / Buckinghamshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS England Health & Justice South East (NHSE) is seeking to commission a Provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver the Children and Young Persons Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) Community Service in the Thames valley area.
The service is to be delivered in three areas of the Thames Valley region (Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) and needs to consist of:
• A service that offers a clinical screening, assessment and professional consultancy resource to other teams and practitioners (e.g. social care, education, youth offending teams (YOTs)) in the area regarding referrals of vulnerable children with complex needs at risk of contact with the criminal justice system. The service will also advise teams and services on onward referrals of children to other appropriate services in the area.
• A youth worker service, providing ongoing face to face support to a small caseload of children and young people with complex needs referred by the screening and assessment service.
The service will need to facilitate integrated local trauma-informed systems that enable vulnerable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The Service will need to be characterised by a close level of integration between the clinical delivery and youth work delivery.
Background
Children and Young People (CYP) with complex needs experience some of the highest levels of health inequality as current systems collectively struggle to meet the needs of this group.
Their needs are defined as 'complex', as they often are:
- multiple - not just in one domain, such as mental and physical health
- persistent - long term rather than transient
- severe - not responding to standard interventions and
- framed by family and social contexts - early family disruption, loss, inequality, prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
CYP with complex needs are often challenged by service eligibility thresholds and are at risk of contact with the criminal justice system due to perceptions of behaviours and lack of engagement with formal approaches to referral and service delivery. The commissioned provider will prioritise working with those CYP who are not engaged with other services in the geographical areas to be covered.
Framework for Integrated Care
The vision for the National CYP Framework for Integrated Care (FfIC) is to facilitate local integrated trauma-informed systems that enable children and young people with complex needs to thrive. The intention of the FfIC is to effect cultural change through developing local, sustainable, and trauma-informed children's emotional wellbeing services by:
1) working collaboratively across services to co-ordinate, integrate and deliver trauma- informed care.
2) genuine co-production with CYP with complex needs, and their families, to develop services and systems that are accessible and acceptable to them.
3) working with the child directly, through relationships with staff in the role of 'young people's champions' who are psychologically informed and well supported, have a positive view of young people and are able to understand them, and who advocate for and support them effectively along their journeys.
The provider of the service will be able to evidence successful delivery regarding the 6 key Outcomes for the FfIC over the course of the Contract.
The key outcomes are:
1) Improved CYP wellbeing
2) Reduction in high-risk behaviours
3) Reduced mental health concern
4) Organisations that are more trauma-informed
5) Improved purpose/occupation for CYP
6) Improved stability of home.
The provider will be required to deliver a service in three areas of the Thames Valley, including Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. The service will seek to integrate a screening, assessment and professional's consultancy and advisory resource for referrals from other services and professionals in touch with vulnerable children and young people with complex needs who do not reach threshold for formal interventions and who are at risk of contact with the criminal justice system alongside a youth worker resource that actively engages children referred via the screening and assessment resource. The youth work provision will work alongside children and their families to support engagement with education, work or other meaningful activity whilst promoting positive health and wellbeing.
The provider will be required to report against a national FfIC dataset, participate in relevant national and local events and forums. The provider will also need to engage with key stakeholders and agencies in the area to support the further development of trauma informed approaches to working with vulnerable children with complex needs.
The provider will be required to fully support and participate in the NHSE SE funded regional evaluation of the Framework for Integrated Care Projects.
The contract term will be 4 years, with a total contract value of £6,788,000. The contract will commence on 1st April 2025.
TUPE will apply.
This exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s). Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity on Atamis (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) searching for the project title 'NHS England Health & Justice South East - Children and Young Person's Framework for Integrated Care Community Services (Thames Valley)'
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £6,788,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
Details regarding the basic selection criteria are described within the tender documentation. This includes pass/fail questions on suitability to pursue the activity.
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria
Details regarding the basic selection criteria are provided within the tender documentation. This includes pass/fail questions on the technical and professional ability.
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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-016001
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
11 November 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
11 November 2024
Local time
12:15pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS England
London
Country
United Kingdom