Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-27
Buyer: NHS Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group
Country: UK
Region: Somerset
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000 | 80561000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 879288 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Money has been made available by NHS England for the development of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). This includes the intention to support schools and colleges by building on existing links with Education.
The service for Improving Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools will be aligned with the priorities in Somerset's Transformation Plan for Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing (www.somersetccg.nhs.uk/about-us/how-we-do-things/cypcommissioning/), particularly the objective to ‘promote good mental health, build resilience and identify and address emerging mental health difficulties early on.’ The service will be based on the ethos of being ‘children and young-person led’ with the role of the provider being to facilitate children and young-person led projects within schools across Somerset.
It is expected that the service will encompass some training, resilience building programmes and initiatives to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health conditions. Using the children and young-person led approach; it is planned that these projects will be delivered peer to peer in addition to support for parents and teaching staff.
Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to Express Interest through the Commissioner's In-Tend e-procurement system, upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation. The link is as follows: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
The deadline for submissions of the tender will be 25.10.2016. Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted except in exceptional circumstances.
Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the In-Tend portal, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
The total budget available is 293 096 GBP per annum inclusive of VAT and contract term is set for 36 months with an option to extension for up to a further 24 months at the commissioner's discretion. The total contract value for the three year contract is 879 288 GBP and the maximum value is 1 465 480 GBP if the extension options are adopted.
Further information and contract documentation can be obtained via the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Contracts will be for an initial term of 36 months with an option to extension for period(s) up to a further 24 months at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence from 01 April 2017.
Parent company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances, see the invitation to tender for further details.
The Contracting Authority will also be utilising the supplier information database (SID4Gov) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. As well as responding to the tender via In-Tend, candidates are requested to provide or update their profile on the SID4Gov as follows:
a) candidates should register on SID4Gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register.
b) to continue with the registration process Suppliers must have a current DUNS Number. If a Supplier does not have a DUNS Number there is a link to the D&B UK website to request a DUNS Supplier Number.
c) Suppliers who already have a published profile on SID4Gov must confirm that information is up to date; i) candidates should ensure all relevant sections of their SID4Gov profile are completed to demonstrate their ability to meet the short listing criteria applicable to this contract. Where access to SID4Gov is unavailable, please contact SID4Gov Support Centre on +44 (0) 845 299 2994
Please note all responses to OJEU should be made through SCW CSU In-Tend eProcurement systems (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) — registrations is required on SID4GOV to update or provide company profiles only.

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