Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-04-14
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement South East
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 8293516 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS England and NHS Improvement South East — Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home (East Sussex) and Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home (Hampshire)
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) sought to commission a prime provider for the provision of integrated health and emotional wellbeing services to the children and young people resident at two secure children’s homes in the South East. The procurement was split into two lots:
NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider for each lot, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers.
This procurement was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) sought to commission a prime provider model for the provision of an Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to the children and young people resident at Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home (SCH).
NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. The prime provider will also be responsible for ensuring that all of the health and emotional wellbeing services operating within the SCH work in an integrated way, delivering seamless care pathways.
Lansdowne SCH is a mixed-sex 12 bed establishment in East Sussex for young people aged 10-17. The SCH is operated by East Sussex County Council, with a registered homes manager and 24- hour care staff available. There is also an on-site school that provides education to the young people whilst they are at the home. The provider will be required to work effectively with these key partners to deliver a cohesive experience of care for the children and young people.
The healthcare services required ‘on-site’ include (please see the service specification for further information and full list of services required):
• appropriate administrative and data management support (including data intelligence and reporting resource; date and intelligence analysis);
The healthcare provision will also facilitate (but not be responsible for directly providing) access to community based dentists and opticians for the children and young people, with the support of SCH care staff.
The maximum annual contract value for the service is GBP 520 000, with a maximum total contract lifecycle value of GBP 3 640 000.
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which were not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) seeks to commission a prime provider model for the provision of an Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to the children and young people resident at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home (SCH).
NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. The prime provider will also be responsible for ensuring that all of the health and emotional wellbeing services operating within the SCH work in an integrated way, delivering seamless care pathways.
Swanwick Lodge SCH is a mixed-sex 16 bed establishment in Hampshire for young people aged 10-17. The SCH is operated by Hampshire County Council, with a registered homes manager and 24-hour care staff available. There is also an onsite school that provides education to the young people whilst they are at the home. The provider will be required to work effectively with these key partners to deliver a cohesive experience of care for the children and young people.


Winner: Sussex Partnership NHS FT
Award value: 8293516
Number of bids: 3