Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

Concepts

• derby
• guidance and counselling
• emerging mental health needs
• other services
• mental health
• digital services
• service delivery objectives
• digital mental health services
• the cyp digital mental health service
• young people

Location

Derby and Derbyshire

Description

This notice relates to the award of a contract for Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract relates to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Commissioner is therefore bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (the Light Touch Regime). The contract term is 3 years from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.

Total Quantity or Scope

The aim of the CYP Digital Mental Health Service will be to improve the emotional wellbeing and mental health of all CYP, who have emerging needs across the Derbyshire ICS footprint by providing an early response and increased access through the use of digital services built around the needs and views of CYP. Service delivery objectives include: • Offer therapeutic interventions and access to support at the times when CYP need it. • Improve access to the provision of self-care tools and resources which support CYP and their families to help themselves and build resilience • Provide an accessible, safe, secure, online environment for CYP to be able to discuss their emotional wellbeing and mental health with peers and trained Therapists. • If delivering structured intervention use evidence based assessment tools and interventions, set SMART goals with CYP and provide pathways into other services, as required. • Ensure CYP who are identified as more at risk of experiencing emerging mental health needs such as, BAME, CYP with SEND, excluded CYP or CYJ are able to access the appropriate level of support when it is needed.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The contract term is 3 years from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Following a contract notice published on 26th May 2021 (2021/S 000-011761) a Light Touch Regime procurement process was undertaken and, following evaluation of bids against the published evaluation criteria, no received tenders met the minimum requirements and no contract award could be made. A new contract was awarded via the negotiated procedure without prior Publication to the incumbent provider. The conditions of the contract have not been substantially altered and the nature and scope of the contract remain the same to those published within the procurement process referenced above.