Emotional Support Service for Non-Acute Child Sexual Abuse

Concepts

• health services
• miscellaneous health services
• non-acute child sexual abuse
• sexual abuse
• emotional support
• early emotional trauma
• informed support
• emotional support service for non-acute child sexual abuse
• the service provision
• child

Location

North West London

Description

The service will provide assessment and early emotional trauma informed support to the young person and their ‘safe’ parents / carers. The existing provider will also offer a service for children and young people where there is a concern about the likelihood, or possibility of sexual abuse, which will include advice to determine the appropriate response pathway.

Total Quantity or Scope

- the service provision is for emotional support for non-acute child sexual abuse; - there is a requirement to develop a new contract to replace existing contract for the ongoing provision of this services (the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract);- the relevant authority intend to award a contract to the existing provider following Direct Award Process C- the lifetime value of the contract is £392,000 excluding VAT; and- the services are intended to be provided with effect from 01 April 2025 for 12 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months, up to 31 March 2027.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
• 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
• 85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel

Legal Justification

The provider is satisfying the existing contract and is likely to satisfy the new contract and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** - This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 nor the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period;- A Standstill Period is now in force pursuant to Regulations 12 and 14(3) of the PSR Regulations 2023. This period will end at midnight on 07 March 2025 and NHS North West London ICB will not enter into a contract pursuant to the award to the provider under direct award process C before this date;- Representations by providers must be made to decision-makers by midnight on 07 March 2025 (8 working days following publication of this intention to award notice). Should providers wish to make a representation please submit to helen.hewitt11@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR;- The relevant authority's governance/decision-making panel are making the award decision;- The relevant authority has taken into account the 5 Key Criteria and applied the basic selection criteria. The rationale for the relative importance of the Key Criteria is to ensure service continuity will be maintained for this group of patients. The rationale for choosing theprovider is that there is confidence that the provider is likely to satisfy future performance against the new contract at a cost effective price against the Key Criteria; and- There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.