Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England North West Health and Justice
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD - North West (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Buyer's address
https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/
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
NHSE974 Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Cheshire & Merseyside
Reference number
NHSE974
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process for Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Cheshire and Merseyside. Contract award is anticipated for 29 November 2024.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £5,199,976
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance
Cheshire and Merseyside
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Cheshire and Merseyside.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process.
Approximate lifetime value of the contract - £5,199,976
This is an existing service with the incumbent provider following an open competitive process. The new contract, is for 5 years, with effect from 01 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 3 years subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: PSR 5 Key Critieria / Weighting: 85
Cost criterion - Name: Value/Financial Risk in line with the 5 Key Criteria / Weighting: 15
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-026244
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Title
NHSE974 MHTR Services Cheshire and Merseyside
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14 November 2024
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
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Prescot
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £5,199,976
Total value of the contract/lot: £5,199,976
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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.
The standstill period begins on the working day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 27 November 2024.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Any representations should be sent to necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net.
NHS England - North West, Health and Justice (the Relevant Authority) Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Direct Commissioning Committee (DCC) were the award decision-makers.
One bid was received. Conflicts of interest were managed throughout the process and no conflicts of interest were identified. Providers were asked to demonstrate and evidence, by responding to specific questions, how their proposed service delivery model will ensure that the relevant key criteria will be delivered for service users. the responses to specific questions will provide evidence under the relevant Key Criteria.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 27 November 2024.