St Helens Arts On Prescription Service

Concepts

• st helens
• health services
• community and personal services
• st helens town hall
• st helens arts
• prescription service
• st helens arts on prescription service
• helens
• arts
• prescription

Location

East Merseyside:

Description

An Arts on Prescription programme to adults in the borough of St Helens, with the primary aim of being to improve mental health and wellbeing to participants. The programme will run on a weekly basis with two sessions per week which are currently held at St Helens Town Hall. Other location options can be explored but need to be in a central/accessible location for residents and have good transport links. The contractor will supply all the materials and tutors who will be trained to not only deliver engaging and interesting sessions but have qualifications skills or experience with working with adults with mild to moderate mental health conditions such as anxiety, stress or low-level depression. The contractor will be able to work in a self-sufficient basis to achieve positive outcomes in mental health and wellbeing via key performance indicators.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Three year contract with options to extend by an additional two twelve month periods. I.E. 3+1+1

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

This is a notification of the Intention to Award a contract for an existing service to an existing provider following a direct award process C under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This procurement is conducted in accordance with the direct award process C (Part 2 (9)) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR). Service in scope: Arts on Prescription Service - St Helens Borough Council. The existing contract is due to expire on the 30th September 2025. The procurement for the new contract meets the tests for use of PSR and for applying the direct award process C. Alef Trust CIC is satisfying the existing contract and is likely to continue to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. The provider was assessed against a review of Key Performance Indicators based on a narrative assessment completed by the St Helens Public Health Team, taking account of contract management information held. Benchmarking of costs and service provision was undertaken with neighbouring authorities. The basic selection criteria were also assessed as met, as listed in PSR Regulations 2023 (schedule 16) This notification is for the intention to award a contract to the existing service provider from 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2028 with two options to extend, each for one year, to 30th September 2030. Following publication of this Intention to Award Notice, a standstill period of 8 business days will be observed in accordance with Part 2 (12) of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. There were no conflicts of interest declared by the decision makers.