Family Safeguarding Service

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This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to confirmation of contract award notice. The awarding of this This contract is subject to has been awarded under 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. This contract has not yet formally now been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to formally awarded using direct award under the PSR. process C. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 1st August 2025. Written representations should be sent to caphprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk Award decision-makers: Lancashire County Council Children's Social Care Commissioning. key criteria 1. Quality and innovation Weighting 20%: Ensuring the service is Date of high quality and seeks to find innovative solutions to delivering timely and effective parental mental health support is key. contract award: 02/09/2025 This has therefore been given the highest quality weighting alongside improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice. key criteria 2. Value Weighting 40%: This is the minimum weighting that can Services are intended be assigned to value. provided from 06/09/2025 for a period of 3 years and 10 months. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is set, therefore 40% is deemed appropriate. key criteria 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability Weighting 10%: Whilst still important, quality and timeliness were considered to need to be of a higher weighting. key criteria 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice Weighting 20%: Ensuring timely access to mental health support is a key requirement of the service and one of the key measures for success. This has therefore been given the highest quality weighting alongside quality and innovation key criteria 5. Social value Weighting 10%: This is the minimum weighting that can be assigned to social value. There were no identified conflicts of interest during this process. £3,729,761