PRJ-993 City and Hackney CCG Trailblazer CAMHS

Concepts

• health and social work
• mental health support teams
• wellbeing and mental health in schools
• hackney ccg
• hackney ccg trailblazer camhs
• prj-993 city
• ccg
• hackney
• hackney schools
• short extension

Location

London Borough of Hackney and City of London

Description

This service is the introduction of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to the existing “Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools” (WAMHS) Programme. City and Hackney CCG is undergoing a merger with 6 other CCGs on 1-Apr-2021 and is intending to issue a short extension (6 months) to all contracts expiring on 31-Mar-2021 to provide continuity during the merger. This is under regulation 72(b)(i) and 72(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because a change of contractor cannot be made for technical reasons and would cause significant inconvenience for the CCG.

Total Quantity or Scope

This contract is set to address health inequalities particularly those from vulnerable and higher risk groups with the introduction of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to the existing “Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools” (WAMHS) Programme. This service have the most targeted impact on the children with the greatest need and result in direct clinical interventions being delivered in City and Hackney Schools for the first time. The provider has been delivering the service for a considerable period of time and work in an integrated way in City and Hackney.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

Legal Justification

City Hackney CCG is being merged with 6 other CCGs to form North East London CCG (NEL CCG) on 1-April-2021. To ensure smooth transition to NEL CCG the CCG is extending all contracts for 6 months where continuity of provider is deemed necessary. The CCG is publishing this notice to signal its intention to directly award a contract, on the grounds that continuing to use the original contractors is necessary during the merger for technical reasons and that changing contractor at this time would cause significant inconvenience to the CCG (PCR 2015, Reg 72(b)(i) and (b)(ii). While consideration has been given to the Coronavirus pandemic response 32(2)(c) is not being cited as the primary reason for the extension. The CCG believes that this supplier is already integrated with other services in East London, and has strong links with local health, social care, community and voluntary organisations. This enables it to deliver services in an integrated way and provide holistic care that meets the needs of local patients. The intended contract extension is for 6 months, to September 2021, and by that time NEL CCG will have been able to complete the merger process, understand where it has multiple contracts for the same services, and make decisions on competitive tendering options for future consolidated contracts as a new organisation.

Other Information

£185,414 for 2019/20 £485,384 for 2020/21 £875,213 for 2021/22 The funding for this contract was allocated by NHS England. City Hackney CCG passed the funding to the provider.