Mental Health Core Services (TT & PT SMHP) for NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (Intention to Award PSR)

Concepts

• health services
• basildon
• mental health core services
• severe mental health problems
• south essex
• nhs mid and south essex integrated care board
• nhs mid
• this mental health core services
• nhs talking therapies
• the health care services

Location

Mid and South Essex Health Economy

Description

This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 under the competitive process. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender (competitive process) for the provision of Mental Health Core Services (TT & PTSMHP) in Mid and South Essex. The Authority has undertaken a full evaluation and assessment of the compliant bid submissions received as part of this competitive process, which were evaluated in line with the procurement documentation published within the Competitive Process Overview (CPO). The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documentation and CPO. As a result of this, the Authority intends to award the proposed Contract for the Service to the Provider that achieved the highest technical and commercial scores across the key criteria used. The purpose of this competitive process was for the Authority to secure a suitably qualified provider to deliver this Mental Health Core Services across Mid and South Essex.

Total Quantity or Scope

The scope of the requirement associated with this process has been developed by the Authority. The full details of the scope of the services are set out within Document 3 – Service Specification. The new service will provide a single provision for NHS Talking Therapies and Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems across Mid and South Essex, ensuring that patients are seen by the right person, at the right time and on the correct pathway. The aims and objectives for delivery of the Service include: • Improving the health of our population and reducing health inequalities, by ensuring improved patient outcomes with a focus on quality of delivery across the ICS. • Ensure patients have equitable offer across the board, while encouraging partnership working amongst organisations across the system. • Enhance productivity and value for money, by reducing administration time, duplication, and overall management costs. The total proposed aggregate value of the contract (including extensions) as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is £92,503,175. The financial envelope which acts as an affordability cap for the purposes of the Process is £55,879,469 over the three-year term. The service that this notice relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Additional information: The service that this notice relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Option to extend for a maximum of 24 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Please note that this form has a mandatory minimum requirement for at least '1' to be marked against the below statements. The true number should be read as '0'. Section V Award of Contract: V.2.2) Information about tenders: - Number of tenders received from SMEs: '0' - Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: '0' This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 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 do not apply to this award. The Authority intends to award a NHS Standard Contract for the provision of Mental Health Core Services for Mid and South Essex. In line with the regulations, the Authority will observe the standstill period from Thursday 08th May 2025 until midnight Tuesday 20th May 2025. Representations by Providers must be made to the Authority by Tuesday 20th May 2025, this can be made via email to cariad.burgess@attain.co.uk. Please note that this contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Attain is conducting this process as agent for and on behalf of the Authority. DECISION MAKING PROCESS: The selected provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria. Basic Selection Criteria was set out in the procurement documentation, the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and were scored Pass/Fail. The Key Criteria was: The selected provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria. As outlined in the procurement documentation, the key criteria contained Technical Questions. The raw weighting and applied weightings have been assigned per Key Criterion in accordance with its relative importance in line the assessment of this tender process as determined by NHS MSE ICB. The Key Criteria was: - PSR Key Criteria 1 - Quality and Innovation - 42.00% Raw Weighting (out of 100%) / 37.80% Weighting (out of 90%) - PSR Key Criteria 2 - Value - 8.00% Raw Weighting (out of 100%) / 7.20% Weighting (out of 90%) - PSR Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 23.00% Raw Weighting (out of 100%) / 20.70% Weighting (out of 90%) - PSR Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 17.00% Raw Weighting (out of 100%) / 15.30% Weighting (out of 90%) - PSR Key Criteria 5 - Social Value - 10.00% Raw Weighting (out of 100%) / 9.00% Weighting (out of 90%) The decision to award this procurement has been taken by the following approval committees at NHS MSE ICB: NHS MSE ICB Board. Working and Decision-Making Group. There were no conflicts of interest identified among the procurement project group members approving the award of the procurement.