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Published 29 Dec 2023, 14:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

YPAS Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£12,563,7762 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Dec 2023no call for competition
Awarded to Young Persons Advisory Service2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The YPAS service is part of the overarching Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) commissioned for local patients. YPAS work as part of a specific local Liverpool CAMHS partnership alongside other local NHS, independent and voluntary sector providers in the local area who have all agreed to work collaboratively in their service delivery. YPAS delivers a prevention and early intervention model through operating three community based mental health hubs delivering the following services for CYP aged 5-25 years and their families:

  • Open access drop-in
  • Mental health wellbeing support/social prescribing
  • Parenting and family programmes
  • Counselling and psychological therapies
  • Alternative to crisis service
  • Primary Care Liaison
  • Mental health Support Teams in Schools (MHST)
  • Targeted services for CYP who identify as LGBTQ+ and refugee and asylum seekers

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place have awarded a 2 + 1 contract term…Awarded

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place have awarded a 2 + 1 contract term for YPAS Services in Liverpool Place. The contract has started on 1st April 2024 and will expire 31st March 2026 with an option to extend to 31st March 2027.

In Liverpool Place YPAS are part of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership which works collaboratively as part of a Memorandum of Agreement within all contracts. This has strengthened the collaborative approach ensuring specific requirements are shared including workforce, estates, information sharing, communication and partnerships.

There is currently no other service across Cheshire and Merseyside which has the operating model of YPAS, specifically in relation to being part of a wider collaborative and core delivery partner and therefore further competition is absent to ensure continuity of delivery and sustainability of the future care model.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: 1 year extension is available.

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
29 Dec 2023, 14:31 GMT
Last source update
23 May 2024, 09:34 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016269
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a1b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

  • Additional deliveries by by the original supplier

This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.

General grounds

(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:

b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:

(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    29 Dec 2023, 14:46 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextIV.1In Liverpool Place YPAS are part of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership which works collaboratively as part of a Memorandum of Agreement within all contracts. This has strengthened the collaborative approach ensuring specific requirements are shared including workforce, estates, information sharing, communication and partnerships. There is currently no other service across Cheshire and Merseyside whic…In Liverpool Place YPAS are part of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership which works collaboratively as part of a Memorandum of Agreement within all contracts. This has strengthened the collaborative approach ensuring specific requirements are shared including workforce, estates, information sharing, communication and partnerships. There is currently no other service across Cheshire and Merseyside whic…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £12,563,7762 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 29 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Young Persons Advisory ServiceSMEVCSE£10,206,662 †—Awarded
Young Persons Advisory ServiceSMEVCSE£2,357,114 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNHSHealthBody governed by public law GB-NHS: QYC · GB-NHS: QYG 1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA11QYContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICBReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.