Official UK procurement notice
Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): YIACS -Youth Information Advice and Counselling Service, Primary Care Liaison (PCL), Seedlings and Spinning World Service
Authority: Liverpool CCG (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo support children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing through a range of therapeutic approaches and support including a YIACS model (Youth, Information, Advice and Counselling), Primary Care Liaison Service, Seedlings and Spinning World.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Nov 2021, 19:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2021, 19:39 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028859- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f82aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Mental Health is one of the biggest programmes of work within the NHS Long Term Plan with several key deliverables and national targets which includes many associated with Children and Young People (CYP).
LCCG has historically commissioned a collaborative of providers from across the NHS and 3rd Sector (the 'CAMHS Partnership') to deliver mental health support for CYP and families across the different levels of presenting need. This includes generic MH support and some elements which are targeted at specific populations (e.g. Children in Care, refugee and asylum seekers, Youth offending, neurodevelopmental conditions, school based support and online counselling).
The intent is now to award a further 2-year contract to the 3rd sector generic CAMHS providers, on the basis that the current Providers contribute to a number of the Long-Term Plan deliverables and national guidance, such as 'Future in Mind', which emphasises the need for more systemic, youth and community models to support CYP MH.
The 3rd Sector CYP MH organisations are also evidenced as excellent value for money delivering high quality and accessible services at low cost with excellent outcomes.
Furthermore, local and national directives emphasise the need for more collaboration between providers taking an alliance approach to delivery. The Liverpool CAMHS Partnership is an existing collaborative which is recognised nationally as good practice, that has developed and strengthened over several years evidencing good outcomes. Improved longer term contracting arrangements has the potential to strengthen this existing collaborative further.
Given the increase in prevalence for mental health, the demand for local mental health service following Covid-19 and the restructuring of CCG's, stability of current services is essential. It is envisaged that once the Integrated Care System is established opportunities for the longer term strategy of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services will emerge, potentially across a bigger footprint.
Publisher note: Contracts awarded by NHS Liverpool CCG during 2021/22 will automatically transfer to its successor organisation on 1st April 2022.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Persons Advisory ServiceSME | £4,055,128 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028859-2021-1 · Young Persons Advisory ServiceSME
- Signed
- 23 Sept 2021
- Value
- £4,055,128
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHSE/IReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.