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Published 4 May 2021, 22:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for Southend, Essex and Thurrock

Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 14 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Published estimate£450,000,000≈ £64m / year

Submissions closed 11 Jun 2021awarded 15 Mar 2023

Awarded to North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 7 yrsPublished value£450,000,000

Contract period: 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2029 (7 yrs)

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: 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.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 70
Price: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 4 May 2021, 22:55 BST
Last source update: 9 Nov 2023, 08:29 GMT
Award evaluation window: 11 Jun 2021 – …
Authority reference: ACE-0392-2020-Essex
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-033127
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ad15 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Services to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by the Public Procurement (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) (the “Regulations”). As such, the procurement of the Services is being run as a bespoke, single stage application process akin to the Open procedure, involving a number of stages which are outlined within the suite of procurement documents. The Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.

How it was run

Official notice

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Submission deadline: 11 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 11 Jun 2021, 12:30 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

11 Jun 2021 → 9 Nov 2023 · 5 dates

Submission deadline
11 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
11 Jun 2021, 12:30 BST
Bids must remain valid until
17 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts
1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice published
9 Nov 2023, 08:29 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Nov 2023

Status changed to complete
9 Nov 2023, 08:29 GMT
Buyer details updated
9 Nov 2023, 08:29 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £154,885,9671 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
North East London NHS Foundation TrustSubcontracting: Lead provider for Tier 2 provision.	£154,885,967 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for Southend, Essex and Thurrock · North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Signed
15 Mar 2023
Value
£154,885,967
Period
… – 31 Mar 2029
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

13 public bodies on the notice

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Charter House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Essex County CouncilContracting authority Chelmsford, East of EnglandContact name, email
NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Basildon, East of EnglandContact email
NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Rayleigh, East of EnglandContact email
NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Chelmsford, East of EnglandContact name, email
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care BoardContracting authority Basildon, East of EnglandContact email
NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Colchester, East of EnglandContact name, email
NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Southend-on-Sea, East of EnglandContact email
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care BoardContracting authority Colchester, East of EnglandContact email
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority Grays, East of EnglandContact name, email
Southend Borough CouncilContracting authority Southend-on-Sea, East of EnglandContact name, email
Thurrock Borough CouncilContracting authority Grays, East of EnglandContact name, email
West Essex Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Epping, East of EnglandContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body London
High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

North East London NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier Trust Head Office, CEME Centre, West Wing, Marsh Way, Rainham, East of England, RM13 8GQ

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria