Official UK procurement notice
1st Contact Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership requires a service which will provide a direct access first point of contact for people experiencing poor mental health and wellbeing working across all three localities in Aberdeen City, with particular focus on deprived areas. The service will be flexibly developed, to meet local need and should have availability to provide support up to 7 days per week, including out of hours support at key times. The service will operate on the principle of easy access and will focus on listening, immediate support and signposting.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This service will provide direct access to a community-based team, based on a model of…Published value£1,462,733
This service will provide direct access to a community-based team, based on a model of mental health practitioner, paid peer support and volunteers with lived experience. The team will work together to help to signpost, de-escalate, provide empathetic responses, provide some simple intervention work to enhance provision within deprived areas and risk assess to identify different options and resources available within the Community as well as supporting self-management options. This team would create strong links to services and support networks within the local community.
The service requires to deliver in-hours and out of hours support to address local need. There is flexibility as to the days and hours this service is provided, and whether this is a face to face or remote service, or a mix. Research suggests out of hours provision would extend to 2am and cover as a minimum Thursday to Sunday.
There is flexibility in the service design and how this may evolve and develop over the life of the contract, taking into account local needs and changes in local provision Additional information: Bidders must hold or commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s Liability Insurance = 10m
Public Liability Insurance = 5m
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 May 2021, 15:34 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028040- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b551Find a Tender
Publisher note: 1.The Council shall obtain a Creditsafe credit check and will score bidders accordingly: 71 - 100 Very Low Risk – Accept 51 - 70 Low Risk - Accept 30 - 50 Moderate Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 21-29 High Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 1-20 Very High Risk – Reject. 2. Please state current turnover (if contract value is over 50% of reported turnover, further discussion will be had internally with the option to reject). 3. If you are under no obligation to publish accounts on Companies House and/or do not have a comprehensive credit rating then provide audited financial accounts for the previous two years. Both quick and current ratios should be a minimum of 1:1.5 for the two successive years. Bidders whose ratios do not meet the minimum criteria will be rejected. Bidders who can provide audited accounts but chose not to do so shall be rejected. 4. Bidders who have been trading for less than one year and cannot provide audited accounts must submit the cash flow for the current year and a letter from the bank outlining the current cash and credit position for the current year and subsequent year. This will be subject to internal discussion with the option to reject. 5. If bidder still does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their submission is supported by a parent company guarantee. (SC Ref:673176)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Jul 2021 → 9 Nov 2021 · 2 dates- Submission deadline9 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published9 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Nov 2021, 11:25 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbra | £1,345,575 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028040-2021-1 · Penumbra
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2021
- Value
- £1,345,575
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Civil Justice Centre and Commercial CourtsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PenumbraAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.