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Published 11 Jun 2025, 14:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Devon ICB - Children and Young People's (CYP) Admission Avoidance and Discharge Support Service

Official notice

Authority: NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,115,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 Sept 2025awarded 2 Dec 2025
Awarded to Young Devon2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a formal award notice to award a contract using a competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations for NHS Devon Children and Young People's (CYP) Admission Avoidance and Discharge Support Service

Details of the services were provided in the F02: Contract Notice published 28th August (2025 - 2025/S 000-0787501) and F03: Contract Award Notice (Intention to Award) published 2nd December 2025 (2025/S 000-078750)

The contract period is 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2031 (which includes an optional extension period for up to 2 (two) years), as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioners

The total combined maximum contract value across the full potential term of 5 (five) years, including any optional extension years for £2,115,000, exclusive of VAT.

The publication of this notice marks the end of the standstill period. Representations by providers were instructed be made to decision makers by midnight 12th December 2025.

This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner along with the publication of this notice.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,115,000
Delivery: South West
Extensions: As detailed above, the services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2026. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 (three) years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 2 (two) years, as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. · The Contract will be for an initial term of 5 (Five) years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 2 (two) years, as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioner.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: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Value: 10
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    A detailed Basic Selection Criteria document will be provided to registered bidders as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation.

  • Economic & financial standing

    A detailed Basic Selection Criteria document will be provided to registered bidders as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation.

  • Technical & professional ability

    A detailed Basic Selection Criteria document will be provided to registered bidders as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
11 Jun 2025, 14:23 BST
Last source update
15 Dec 2025, 10:42 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Sept 2025 – …
Authority reference
C377625 / WA18420
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082792
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0546bd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

A partially drafted NHS Standard Contract will be provided to registered bidders as part of the invitation to tender (ITT) documentation.

Publisher note: This is a formal award notice to award a contract using a competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations for NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) for the provision of the Children & Young People's Community Based Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Services Details of the services were provided in the F02: Contract Notice published 28th August 2025 (2025/S 000-052010) and F03: Contract Award Notice (Intention to Award) published 2nd December 2025 (2025/S 000-005903). The contract period is 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2031 (which includes an optional extension period for up to 2 (two) years). The total combined contract value, including extensions is £2,115,000 for the term of 5 (five) years. The publication of this notice marks the end of the standstill period. Representations by providers were instructed be made to decision makers by midnight 12th December 2025. The service was advertised on the national Find a Tender (FTS) portal on 28th August 2025. The linked tender documentation was issued to bidders on 28th August 2025 with a deadline of 6th October 2025, which included the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) in the form of the Basic Selection Criteria (BSC) and the Invitation to Tender (ITT). Within the ITT documentation, the tender questions were linked back to the five sections of the key criteria under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), which overall provided the following: Section Section Weighting Technical 90% Value 10% Total 100% The highest scoring provider was Young Devon (Group). Potential conflicts of interest: The SCW procurement team supported the project in the management of conflicts throughout the process. In line with national guidance (Managing conflicts of interest: revised statutory guidance for CCGs 2017) conflicts of interest were given a high priority within the procurement, with 'conflicts of interest' a standing item at project group meetings. Project members were required to complete Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality forms prior to receiving any sensitive documentation. All conflicts were appropriately managed within the project, and there are no latent risks associated with the aforementioned conflicts. The number of conflicts of interest identified among group: 0. Bidders were required to complete Conflict of Interest declarations as part of their bid. They are also under an ongoing obligation to update the Commissioners should any declarations change in the future. For the purposes of where written representations were sought, they were instructed to be sent to the following email address: scwcsu.scwprocurement.devon@nhs.net This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner along with the publication of this notice.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jun 2025 → 15 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    12 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline392 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened392 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Notice published315 days ago
    15 Dec 2025, 10:42 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025
  1. Published value updated to £2,115,000
    28 Aug 2025, 14:17 BST
    was £2,538,000
  2. Status changed to active
    28 Aug 2025, 14:17 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    28 Aug 2025, 14:17 BST
  4. Deadline published: 29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    28 Aug 2025, 14:17 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    2 Dec 2025, 09:54 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 11 Jun 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £2,115,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 2latest 2 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Young DevonSMESubcontracting: declared£2,115,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Young DevonSME£2,115,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 078750-2025-1 · Young DevonSME

    Signed
    2 Dec 2025
    Value
    £2,115,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 082792-2025-1 · Young DevonSME

    Signed
    2 Dec 2025
    Value
    £2,115,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Aperture House, Pynes Hill, Rydon Lane,, Exeter, South West, EX25AZContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS Devon ICBReview body Exeter
  • NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) Aperture House, Pynes Hill, Rydon LaneReview body Exeter

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Young DevonAwarded supplierGB-CHC: 1057949 10 Erme Road, ivybridge, Devon, South West, PL21 0AB

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.