Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust — Reopening January 2021 (3178204)

Concepts

• health and social work
• belfast
• primary care talking therapies
• belfast health and social care trust
• armagh
• primary care
• belfast health
• social care trust
• social work
• therapies

Location

Armagh

Description

Primary care talking therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust — reopening January 2021. Providers currently awarded to DFA 3078797 should not respond to this opportunity. it is for new entrants/providers only.

Total Quantity or Scope

It is for new entrants/providers only.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
• 85312320 - Counselling services
• 85320000 - Social services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

Other Information

The total value of the procurement in II.1.7) above includes: an initial contract period of 2 years, plus an option to extend for 36 x 1-month periods (3 years). The value also includes a potential increase in services of 20 %. Social care services such as the provision of primary care talking therapies are classified under the public contracts regulations as social and other specific services and fall within those services listed in Schedule 3 to the public contracts regulations. This tender is therefore subject to the provisions of section 7 of the public contracts regulations otherwise known as the ‘Light Touch Regime’. As such, the contract period for this dynamic framework agreement is 2 years plus and option to extend for 36 x 1-month periods (3 years), potentially 5 years in total. In section I.2), it is stated that this procurement is a joint procurement. This is not a joint procurement it is operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The value in V.2.4) above includes: an initial contract period of 2 years, plus an option to extend for 36 x 1- month periods (3 years). The value also includes a potential increase in services of 20 %. Social care services such as the provision of primary care talking therapies are classified under the public contracts regulations as social and other specific services and fall within those services listed in Schedule 3 to the public contracts regulations. This tender is therefore subject to the provisions of section 7 of the public contracts regulations otherwise known as the ‘Light Touch Regime’. As such, new entrants will be allowed to apply to join the DFA. The DFA will be opened on an annual basis. Providers/applicants seeking admission as a new entrant to the DFA will be required to complete the same process as the original competition to ensure equal treatment and transparency. A new contract notice will be issued inviting interested providers to submit a response should they wish to participate in the DFA.