Official UK procurement notice
Children & Young People's Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - Essex wide
Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Award Notice to communicate a contract award made by the Contracting Authority; Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) in compliance with their local standing financial instructions (SFIs).
On 6th December 2023, the Authority published a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) (Reference 2023/S 000-036014) to inform the market of its intention to award the contract. The Authority applied a voluntary 10-day standstill period prior to conclusion of the contract. The contract award is made to National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change for the provision of Children & Young People's Therapeutic Health Based Coaching services.
On 3rd February 20023, a procurement process was launched to identify a supplier to deliver the services. A contract was not awarded at the end of this process and therefore, to ensure continuity of care for patients, an emergency short-term contract was awarded to NOW as the incumbent supplier (reference: 2023/S 000-016932). This contract began on 1st April 2023 and is due to expire on 31st March 2024.
HWE ICB are now intending to award a further contract to NOW to continue to deliver the services. This contract will start on 1st April 2024 and will end on 31st March 2027 with the option to extend for a further 2-years to 31st March 2029.
The total cumulative spend until March 2024 will be £1,253,302 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of the proposed new contract).
The value of the new contract for a period of 3-years is £1,220,400 (£406,800 p/a excluding VAT) and may rise to £2,034,000 (excluding VAT) if the optional extension is enacted.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Dec 2023, 16:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2024, 15:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003410- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04223dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In February 2023 a procurement process was undertaken in line with the Public Contract Regulations. This procurement process was unsuccessful and no contract was awarded. The incumbent provider, NOW, have been delivering the service under emergency arrangements to ensure continuity of service whilst the collaborative partnership agreed the next steps. The service delivered by NOW is delivering an excellent service for our children & young people and their families. The market has not moved since the procurement process was undertaken. Therefore, it is felt that it would not be the best use of public funding to conduct a further procurement process which will likely achieve the same outcome.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change | £2,034,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for ChangeChildren & Young People Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - Essex wideSubcontracting: declared | £2,034,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Children & Young People's Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - Essex wide · National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change
- Signed
- 27 Nov 2023
- Value
- £2,034,000
- Status
- active
Children & Young People Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - Essex wide · National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change
- Signed
- 27 Nov 2023
- Value
- £2,034,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care BoardReview contact point
- High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body
- High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICBReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.