Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-30
Buyer: Warwickshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Warwickshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85121200: Specialist medical services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Submission deadline: 2016-10-26

Technical requirements: Emotional well-being and mental health services for children and young people aged 0-25 in Warwickshire.
Warwickshire County Council together with NHS Warwickshire North Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group (the ‘Commissioners’) are inviting providers to participate in a competitive dialogue process with the aim of awarding a contract for the Emotional well-being and mental health services for children and young people aged 0-25 in Warwickshire.
The Commissioners are seeking a high quality, safe and affordable solution that promotes prevention, early intervention, building resilience and works in an integrated way with other service areas and families.
These Services may be subject to modifications and changes in order to meet the changing needs and demands of the Council, the CCG's and the customers. This may also be as the result of additional funding streams and new initiatives. Further details are included in the tender documents.
The County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council or within a reasonable distance of those boundaries.
We are seeking proposals for a service delivery model that will provide a whole emotional well-being and mental health system for 0-25 yr olds within a single contracting solution (either a Prime Contractor or Formal Alliance model).
The procurement process will follow a competitive dialogue process with the aim of enabling the applicants and the Commissioners to combine their knowledge and expertise to develop a solution that can meet the needs of the children and young people of Warwickshire.
This contract may be used to commission any other children's health/ care services in the future which may include but not limited to: All age neurodevelopmental assessment; Community eating disorder; Speech and language therapy; Physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy; School nursing; Health visiting; Family nurse partnership; Troubled families; Any other children's health or care service.
Providers will need to demonstrate how their service provision will integrate with existing providers.
Applicants should be aware that on award of new contracts, it is possible that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply.
The initial contract term will be 5 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 24 months.
The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the tenderers' most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Credit-safe where this is available. The Council may also impose a Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Evidence as stated in the tender documentation.
Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system (if they haven't previously done so) in order to be able to express an interest in the project and download documents and to correspond with us about this procurement.
If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be submitted via the CSW-JETS correspondence function.