Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-05
Buyer: NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 9213707 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG is undertaking a procurement for the provision of a primary mental health and talking therapy service (incorporating improving access to psychological therapies).
The contract duration will be 2 years (24 months) with an option to extend for a further 1 years (12 months).
— to provide a single gateway for all patients requiring treatment and tailored support for common mental health problems at a primary care level,
— to co-ordinate each person’s journey to recovery through the service by utilising a case management approach,
— to support the implementation of NICE guidelines, using evidence based psychological interventions, in the treatment of anxiety and depression,
— to offer a range of wider non-IAPT based interventions ensuring that both adapts and reflects the needs of a diverse population and compliments the delivery of statutory obligations in the delivery of psychological therapies,
— to offer a diverse range of interventions to include remote, face-to-face, group and guided self-help to ensure greater access and patient choice,
— elements of the service delivering to people with LTC and/or MUS will be integrated into existing medical pathways and services,
— provide individualised support to individuals who may have difficulty accessing the therapeutic elements of the service due to difficulties as a result of wider personal, social or clinical factors, that impact on their potential recovery,
— provide a tailored service for pre and post-natal women who do not meet the threshold for specialist perinatal mental health services, but may be at an increased risk due to common mental health problems.
— provide flexible access (including times) to services so not to exclude individuals in employment or with caring responsibilities,
— effectively assist people who feel they are in crisis and navigate any step up to more specialised services,
Financial standing requirements for the Procurement are outlined within Document 1 — ITT Process Overview, Section 9.4 Financial Standing.
NHS Arden an,dGEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the “Regulations”). The services being procured are Schedule 3 Services and NHS Arden and GEM CSU and the commissioner it represents are bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to the procurement of these services commonly referred to as the Light Touch Regime (LTR). Whilst the procurement process is being referred to as an open process, Schedule 3 of the Regulations provides the commissioner with the flexibility to define its own process as long as it complies with the provisions of Regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Regulations. The commissioner may require that the provider and/or members of its supply chain provide guarantees, bonds or other instruments of appropriate security for the due and proper performance of its or their obligations, in such forms as may be required by the commissioner or otherwise prescribed for any such purpose. Please see published documentation for further details. The CCG/Commissioner reserves the right not to award the contract in whole or in part and/or to withdraw the procurement at any stage and that it shall not have any liability for any bid costs.

Eligibility requirements: All professional and/or trade registrations is specified within the tender documentation.

Award value: 9213707