Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1HQ
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Borough Council
Civic Offices, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH32 - Thurrock
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Southend Borough Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6ER
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for Southend, Essex and Thurrock
Reference number
ACE-0392-2020-Essex
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this Notice is to confirm the award of a contract to North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) to provide Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. This award is being made following the successful completion of a procurement process.
The contract advert (reference 2021/S 000-009636) was published by NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on behalf of the 7 CCGs within Essex and the 3 Local Authorities. Since this contract notice was published, the CCGs have been replaced with 3 Integrated Care Boards in line with the Health and Care Act 2022.
The contract began on 1st April 2022 for a period of 7-years with the option to extend for a further 3-years. The aggregate maximum value of the contract is £430m. The total price for the initial 7-year period is £154,885,967.
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: £430,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this Notice is to confirm the award of a contract to North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) to provide Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. This award is being made following the successful completion of a procurement process.
The Thrive Model has been developed nationally. This has been endorsed by the 'Future in Mind' report,
it is therefore the intention to replicate a version of the Thrive Model in delivering the new service. The
model is a blend of Tier 2 and Tier 3 services with a seamless progression up or down for the service
user.
All children and families will receive support and services which are appropriate to their needs. For many
children this is likely to be community based, and should be easily and quickly accessible. Most young
people requiring CAMHS will present with mental health problems that are causing significant
impairments in their day-to-day lives. These presentations can result in both the need for scheduled
and/or unscheduled care.
CAMHS will be available for all children and young people who are aged 0 - 18 (25 if SEND), and who
meet the agreed CAMHS referral criteria. The eligibility criteria is set out within the service specification.
The current service has in place the following teams, which are expected to be replicated in this new
service:
- 7 Community Hub Teams
- 3 Intensive Support Teams (crisis teams)
- 1 Eating Disorder Service
- 1 Learning Disability with MH Service
- 1 Single point of access (SPA) service
- 1 out of hours service (out of hours SPA)
The service will also include the provision of the following:
- Eating disorder including ARFID & FREED
- Crisis care/Home treatment team
- CAMHS with LD and CAMHS with ASD Service
- Youth offending provision (there will be a requirement to work connectively with the POWER
programme)
- There will be a comprehensive 0-25 support offer that reaches across mental health services for CYP
and adults in all STPs/ICSs, the expectation is that this contract will fulfil this up to age 18 and will work
connectively with our adult providers
- CYP IAPT
- Expansion of the single point of access to field more enquiries from GP, schools and other
professionals
- Inclusion onto the AMHP rota for qualified professionals
And locally agreed care pathways for:
- LAC Service (for CYP who are placed in local authority and have a diagnosable mental health condition,
some of which will be placed in Essex from other areas)
- Early intervention in psychosis in conjunction with the current EIP provider
- information and advice at a minimum for emotional wellbeing and mental health referrals
- Mental Health Schools Team (links between the teams and the service)
- Community Learning Disability Team (provided by another provider) for those with a requirement for
MH input
- Paediatric pathways such as tics, Tourette’s, ASD, PDA
As a part of the contract North East Essex have commissioned an additional Children and Young People's Mental Health Early Intervention Service (CYP EIS). The aims and objectives of this service are to provide:
• An easy to access early intervention service for Children and Young people from age 10-18 years of
age (up to 25 years of age if SEND) who meet the scope of this service
• Mental and emotional support through a range of interventions suited to the need and patient centred
requirement of the service user
• Informal non-statutory advocacy when required to all young people supported by this service and who
do not meet criteria for Independent Mental Health Advocacy service.
• An early intervention disordered eating service
• Seamless transitions of care
• Partnerships with relevant stakeholders to improve outcomes for people using this service.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract may be extended by an additional 36 months (from 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2032).
The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand the scope of services during the lifetime
of the contract (“Contract modification(s)”). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where
additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the
Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by
the Authority and / or other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the
Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder
may be offered a variation to the contract to include the services set out in this section in accordance
with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement
(Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).
NEE – EIS The services and associated specification and prices, commissioned within this contract may be
subject to review and change. With the creation of the ICB, the services may be reviewed across the Suffolk and North East Essex footprint. Therefore the scope of the possible changes to be made to this contract shall relate to the potential introduction of a larger population to support the ICB footprint (i.e. the contract and specification may be amended to the Ipswich & East Suffolk and West Suffolk populations), through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Mental Health Support Teams – Mid and South Essex ICB is developing a multi-year trajectory and a
regional plan for the future MHST Waves (Waves 5 to 10) from 2021/22 to 2023/24 in accordance with
NHS Englands ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision Green Paper’. the
Mental Health Support Teams are services which are designed to support the mental health and
wellbeing of children and young people in and around schools and colleges. This is an existing service
delivered by North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), but may be included within the main
CAMHS Contract when this arrangement ends. It may also be that this service covers all 3 Essex ICBs as
well as Mid and South Essex.
NHS Long Term Plan - It is also recognised that the NHS Long Term Plan made a renewed commitment
that mental health services will grow faster than the overall NHS budget, creating a new national
ringfenced investment fund worth overall at least £2.3bn a year by 2023/24. This is to enable further
service expansion and faster access to community crisis and mental health services for both adults and
particularly children and young people amongst growing visibility and concern about areas of
longstanding unmet health need, such as in young people’s mental health services. This means that
during the life of the contract, the budget is likely to grow and the scope of the services being delivered
as a part of this contract will increase. There may be additions to the scope that are unknown at the time
of tender. Such modifications may be made where the additional requirements are complementary to, or
align with the scope of services and reflect longer term aspirations both locally, regionally and nationally
in delivery of the strategy.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-009636
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for Southend, Essex and Thurrock
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Head Office, CEME Centre, West Wing, Marsh Way
Rainham
RM13 8GQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £154,885,967
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 20 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted
Lead provider for Tier 2 provision.
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House, Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Country
United Kingdom