12-21 Counselling Service

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  "date": "2026-02-12T10:16:35Z",
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      "id": "012715-2026-DN77739/1172-1",
      "title": "12-21 Counselling Service",
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          "id": "GB-COH-2659442",
          "name": "York Mind"
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        "description": "The Council intends to apply a short term extension to its existing contract for the provision of counselling services for young people aged 12-21 living in York. This extension is required to maintain continuity of provision while the Council undertakes a full review of children and young people's counselling services and aligns future commissioning with the Humber and North Yorkshire Mental Health Strategic Transformation Plan 2025-2030.\nThe current service was originally awarded in 2019 to York Mind following a competitive procurement for a 16-25 counselling service. A subsequent service level agreement piloted counselling for 12-15 year olds, including 1 1 art therapy. The contracting authority intends to award a contract for 12-21 Counselling Service. \nThe Contracting Authority is not awarding a new contract. This VEAT notice is in respect of a proposed short-term extension to the term of its contract for the provision of 12-21 counselling service. See sections 2.2.3 for further details.\nThe contract was varied to incorporate the 12-15 service and extend the 16-25 service for a further year, creating a unified 12-21 counselling service, supported by a £10k contribution from the ICB.\nThe proposed extension will allow sufficient time for:\n•\ta full review of CYP counselling provision\n•\talignment with statutory duties and system wide responsibilities\n•\tdevelopment of an integrated commissioning model with the ICB\n•\ta robust procurement process and evaluation for a longer term solution\nThe contract extension period: is 12 months beyond the extension period originally set out in the contract."
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    "title": "12-21 Counselling Service",
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    "description": "The Council intends to apply a short term extension to its existing contract for the provision of counselling services for young people aged 12-21 living in York. This extension is required to maintain continuity of provision while the Council undertakes a full review of children and young people's counselling services and aligns future commissioning with the Humber and North Yorkshire Mental Health Strategic Transformation Plan 2025-2030.\nThe current service was originally awarded in 2019 to York Mind following a competitive procurement for a 16-25 counselling service. A subsequent service level agreement piloted counselling for 12-15 year olds, including 1 1 art therapy. The contracting authority intends to award a contract for 12-21 Counselling Service. \nThe Contracting Authority is not awarding a new contract. This VEAT notice is in respect of a proposed short-term extension to the term of its contract for the provision of 12-21 counselling service. See sections 2.2.3 for further details.\nThe contract was varied to incorporate the 12-15 service and extend the 16-25 service for a further year, creating a unified 12-21 counselling service, supported by a £10k contribution from the ICB.\nThe proposed extension will allow sufficient time for:\n•\ta full review of CYP counselling provision\n•\talignment with statutory duties and system wide responsibilities\n•\tdevelopment of an integrated commissioning model with the ICB\n•\ta robust procurement process and evaluation for a longer term solution\nThe contract extension period: is 12 months beyond the extension period originally set out in the contract. \nThe indicative procurement timetable for the new service is as follows:\nWrite draft specification \tOct-Nov 2026\nWrite Contract, Tender documents with Legal / Procurement support:\tOct-Nov 2026\nPreliminary Market Engagement phase starts:   Early Nov 2026\nDraft Invitation to Tender documentation, draft applicable Notices:\tMid Nov - Dec 2026\nInvitation to Tender Period (30 days):\t 4th Jan 2027\nInvitation to Tender return deadline date:\t4th Feb 2027\nTender evaluation:\tEarly Feb 2027\nStandstill (8 working days from date of Contract Award Notice publication): Mid Feb 2027\nApproval to award: Late Feb 2027\nContract Mobilisation / Implementation Process (6 weeks):\tMarch 2027\nNew Contract starts:\t1st April 2027",
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    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "The Council considers that the extension may be lawfully applied under Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.\nJustification;\n•\tThe service can only be delivered by the current provider, York Mind, without causing disruption to vulnerable service users and continuity of care.\n•\tNo reasonable alternative provider could mobilise the service within the required timescales without significant risk to service users.\n•\tA change of supplier at this point would create disproportionate operational and safeguarding risks and interrupt ongoing therapeutic relationships.\n•\tExtending the contract ensures continuity, stability, and value for money while the Council undertakes a strategic review and prepares a compliant procurement process.\nThe extension is also permitted under Contract Procedure Rule 26.2.5, which allows extension with an existing provider where there is significant benefit and no unacceptable risk to the Council.\nThis VEAT notice is published voluntarily to ensure transparency prior to applying the contract extension. The Council will observe a voluntary standstill period of 30 days from the date of publication. The contract variation will only be executed following the standstill period, subject to no legal challenge being received.",
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        "name": "Mark Woolford",
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      "id": "012715-2026-DN77739/1172-1",
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      "dateSigned": "2025-04-01T00:00:00+01:00"
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