Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
Contact
Mr Baz Mistry
Telephone
+44 1163055119
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
Buyer's address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicester City Council
Leicester
mark.wheatley@leicester.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire
Leicester
siobhan.peters@leics.pcc.police.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide
Reference number
DN735362
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
When a death from a suspected suicide occurs, provision of a timely response to support those in distress, and who may need urgent help is needed. This could be a friend, colleague and in some cases, no relationship to the person who has died. The Project will incorporate prevention, intervention and postvention as part of a 3 tiered approach to the risk of suicide attempt following a death by suicide.
This service requires a provider to:
• Offer and provide timely and appropriate support for people affected by suicide.
• Provide accessible, local face-to-face counselling.
• Increase access to information about other supportive services and resources that are available.
• Improve the range and quality of bereavement support after a death by suicide.
• Provide a point of contact for those bereaved by suicide to leave a request for support, available 24/7.
• Raise awareness of the incidence of suicide or attempted suicide in those who have been bereaved by suicide in primary and secondary care.
This contract is for an initial period of 1 year and shall take effect from 01 October 2024 - 30
September 2025. The Authorities may extend this contract beyond the initial term by a further
period or periods of up to 24 months (extension periods) to a maximum of 3 years.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-030222
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.
The contract was awarded on 30th September 2024 and the contract period is 1st October 2024 - 30th September 2027.
Total value of the contract is £582,000.
There were no reviews during the standstill period.