Southampton City Council Children & Young People's Mental Health & Therapeutic Team

Concepts

• southampton
• community health
• young peoples service
• specialist assessment service teams
• therapeutic service
• mental health
• young people
• therapeutic guidance
• therapeutic team
• an effective local authority children services

Location

SOUTHAMPTON

Description

Southampton City Council is intending to commission a Children and Young People's Mental Health & Therapeutic Service to provide therapeutic guidance and support to enable delivery of an effective Local Authority children services, specifically supporting the work of the Children Looked After (CLA), Young Peoples Service and Specialist Assessment Service teams.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process (NHS Provider Selection Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Provision 10). The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,410,300, i.e. £470,100 per annum for up to 3 years.The contract is for a new provider for a new service, the contract to commence from Friday 12th April 2024 and to run until the end of Friday 11th April 2027.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intention to Award Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers (email tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk) by the end of Thursday 11th April 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the end of Thursday 11th April 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The address to which any written representations are to be sent is: tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk The award decision-makers were: Donna Chapman, Associate Director, Health & Adults Social Care, Southampton ICU Tim Nelson, Head of Young People's Services, Southampton City Council Phil Lovegrove, Commissioner, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB) There were no declared actual or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision. The relative importance of the Key Criteria used to make the decision was through Key Criteria ranking as followed: Joint 1st : Quality and Innovation AND Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability: 2nd: n/a 3rd: Value 4th: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating Choice: 5th: Social Value The relative importance of each Key Criteria was established by considering its importance against each of the other criteria in turn. The rationale for choosing the most suitable provider, Solent NHS Trust, was that it was the only provider that met the Basic Selection Criteria and also met each of the Key Criteria.