NHSE914 Liaison & Diversion Services, RECONNECT Services, Enhanced RECONNECT Services and Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Lancashire and Cumbria

A Contract Award Notice
by NHS ENGLAND NORTH WEST

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
8 year (est.)
Value
£555K-£31M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
13 Dec 2024
Delivery
To 01 Nov 2032 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Lancashire and Cumbria

Geochart for 2 buyers and 3 suppliers

2 buyers

3 suppliers

Description

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process. Contract award is anticipated for 31 December 2024. North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) Health & Justice Team, who undertook a competition to commission Liaison & Diversion Services, RECONNECT Services, Enhanced RECONNECT Services and Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Lancashire and Cumbria under the NHS Standard Contract.

Lot Division

1 Liaison and Diversion and RECONNECT service for Lancashire and Cumbria

Liaison and Diversion and RECONNECT service for Lancashire and Cumbria. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process. Approximate lifetime value of the contract - £30,899,992. This is an existing service with a new provider following an open competitive process. The new contract, is for 5 years, with effect from 01 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 3 years subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority.
2 Enhanced RECONNECT Service for Lancashire and Cumbria

Enhanced RECONNECT Service for Lancashire and Cumbria. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process. Approximate lifetime value of the contract is £554,999. This is a new service with a new provider following an open competitive process. The new contract is for 1 years with effect from 01 April 2025.
3 Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service for Lancashire and Cumbria

Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service for Lancashire and Cumbria. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process. Approximate lifetime value of the contract £5,447,080. This is a existing service with the incumbent provider following an open competitive process. The new contract, is for 5 years, with effect from 01 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 3 years subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority.

Award Detail

1 Practice Plus Group Health & Rehabilitation Services (Berkshire)
  • Liaison and Diversion and RECONNECT service for Lancashire and Cumbria
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £30,899,992
2 Midlands Partnership University NHS Trust (Staffordshire)
  • Enhanced RECONNECT Service for Lancashire and Cumbria
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £554,999
3 Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Trust (Preston)
  • Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service for Lancashire and Cumbria
  • Num offers: 1
  • Value: £5,447,080

Award Criteria

Quality criterion - Name: PSR 5 Key Critieria / Weighting: 85 85.0
Cost criterion - Name: Value/Financial Risk in line with the 5 Key Criteria / Weighting: 15 15.0

CPV Codes

  • 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Liaison & Diversion Services, RECONNECT Services, Enhanced RECONNECT Services and Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Lancashire and Cumbria under the NHS Standard Contract. The Relevant Authority is intending to award the contracts to the providers under the Competitive Process. The lifetime values of the contracts are: Lot 1 £30,899,992 Lot 2 £554,999 Lot 3 £5,447,080 All 3 of the Lots are existing services. Lot 1 is a new provider. Lot 2 is a new provider Lot 3 is an incumbent provider. The contract commences on 1 April 2025. Lots 1 and 3 are for a period of 5 years, with an option to extend for a further 3 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Relevant Authority. Lot 2 is for a fixed 1 year contract term. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of the contracts 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 standstill period begins on the working day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 27 December 2024. The contracts have not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Written representations should be sent via email to necsu.psrprocurement@nhs.net. NHS England - North West, Health and Justice (the Relevant Authority) Direct Commissioning Committee (DCC) were the award decision-makers. Three responses were received. The Relevant Authority agreed the relative importance of the key criteria and apportioned weightings to specific questions aligned to the key criteria. Providers were asked to demonstrate and evidence, by responding to the specific questions, how their proposed service delivery model would ensure that the relevant key criteria will be delivered. The responses were evaluated in relation to each provider's ability to provide the services in alignment to the 5 Key Criteria. Conflicts of interest were completed by all involved in the process. One conflicts of interest was identified among the group of evaluators. The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of this conflict, and have decided to exclude the evaluator from the process.

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