Lancs & South Cumbria - Children and Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing - Lot 6 Resilience & Prevention (Multi-Lot)

A Contract Award Notice
by NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: not specified
Value: £500K

Sector: HEALTH
Published: 01 Aug 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Preston

Geochart for 2 buyers and 3 suppliers

2 buyers

NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Preston

3 suppliers

Lancashire Mind Chorley
Imo Charity Blackburn
Myhappymind Alderley Edge

Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board(ICB) who were looking to undertaking a multi-lot procurement for the provision of Children & Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Services (Lot 6 Resilience & Prevention) in Lancashire & South Cumbria. The proposed model incorporated one service specification covering the 6 Lancashire and South Cumbria Places/lots. There was a maximum of 6 contracts (for each of the 6 places) totalling £500,000 for the full contract length, including the optional extension. Each contract length was for 1 year, with an option to extend for an additional 1 year. Please see below breakdown of lots and full contract values, including 1 year optional extension: Blackpool (Lot 6A) £65,280 Blackburn with Darwen (Lot 6B) £68,584 South Cumbria (Lot 6C) £41,400 Lancs East (Lot 6D) £124,544 Lancs Central (Lot 6E) £120,030 Lancs North (Lot 6F) £80,162 The ICB set an affordability threshold for each lot within the Procurement. Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract values in the procurement documents, would not achieve the score of a pass. Their bid was to be regarded as non-compliant and be a failed bid and the rest of the bid will be rejected and the scoring questions in each lot were not to be evaluated. This was to be checked during the preliminary stages of the evaluation during the compliance checks. This was not a competition on price. The ITT was live on Monday 4th March 2024 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions was Monday 8th April 2024 12:00pm Mid-day. As part of this procurement process, the Authority was intending to identify a maximum of one provider for each of the 6 contracts. To express interest and participate in the tender, providers were invited to register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The relevant reference number for this tender was C250223 and the questionnaires were located within the requirements.

Lot Division

6a - Blackpool, 6d - Lancashire East, 6e - Lancashire Central, 6f - Lancashire North

Lancashire Mind was the successful bidder for 4 sub-lots, covering all 4 places (6a - Blackpool, 6d - Lancashire East, 6e - Lancashire Central, 6f - Lancashire North). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

6b - Blackburn with Darwen

IMO Charity was the successful bidder for 1 sub-lot, covering 1 place (6b - Blackburn with Darwen). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

6c - South Cumbria

myHappymind was the successful bidder for 1 sub-lot, covering 1 place (6c - South Cumbria). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

Award Detail

1	Lancashire Mind (Chorley) Lot 6 Resilience and Prevention - 6a - Blackpool, 6d - Lancashire East, 6e - Lancashire Central, 6f - Lancashire North Num offers: 9 Value: £390,016
2	Imo Charity (Blackburn) Lot 6 Resilience and Prevention - 6b - Blackburn with Darwen Num offers: 9 Value: £68,584 Contractor is an SME.
3	Myhappymind (Alderley Edge) Lot 6 Resilience and Prevention - Lot 6c South Cumbria Num offers: 9 Value: £41,400 Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

PRICE

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force.

Other Information

NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

Reference

FTS 045289-2025