Official UK procurement notice
Children & Young People Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (Essex wide)
Authority: Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award notice follows the publication of a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice, published on 17.04.2023 (Notice reference: 2023/S 000-010912), the purpose of which was intended to provide notice of the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Mid and South Essex ICB and Suffolk and NHS North East Essex ICB's (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) intention to award a contract for Therapeutic Health Based Coaching Services under Regulation 32 (2) (a), to the incumbent provider N.O.W's The Time For Change, for a period of 12 months from 1st May 2023 to 30th April 2024, at an aggregate contract value of £406,800 (excluding VAT). Prior to conclusion of the contract, The Authority applied a voluntary 10-day standstill period from the publication of the VEAT.
The Therapeutic Health Based Coaching Service will deliver support to parents and carers of children
and young people who live in Essex and who have been in contact with the Southend, Essex and
Thurrock Children's and Adolescent Mental Health Service (SET CAMHS) and are receiving treatment.
The service will also act as an additional support element for families who are experiencing anxiety,
depression or require support in their current situation.
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
- 17 Apr 2023, 10:47 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jun 2023, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
ACE-0666-2023-HWE- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016932- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bf0fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
The Authority issued a Contract Notice (2023/S 000-003382) communicating to the market that the
Authority was commencing a competitive procurement for the provision of Therapeutic Health Based
Coaching Service, on 3rd February 2023. A Light Touch Open Procedure was completed by the Authority
in accordance with such Contract Notice, however on this occasion there were unfortunately no suitable
tenders submitted in response to this procedure, and the procedure was abandoned.
Based on positive outcomes for and feedback regarding the pilot, the Authority wishes to ensure
continuity of provision of the Service to Children and Young People and their Parents and Carers across
Essex. As such the Authority has taken a decision to continue to work with the incumbent provider for
another 12 months to provide sufficient time to deliver a second procurement process, details of which
will be communicated to the market in due course via relevant Contract Notices.
The Service to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations
2015 as amended by as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations
2020, (the "Regulations"). As such, the Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by
any of the Regulations, save those applicable to Public contracts for social and other specific services
listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (the "Light Touch" Regime).
Publisher note: This is a joint procurement between the following Contracting Authorities: Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses (please identify all contracting authorities responsible for the procedure) Official name: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board Postal address: Charter House, Parkway Town: Welwyn Garden City NUTS code: UKH23 Postal code: AL8 6JL Country: United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Main address: (URL) https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk Name and addresses: (please repeat as many times as needed) 2 Official name: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board Postal address: Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road Town: Basildon NUTS code: UKH3 Postal code: SS14 3HG Country: United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Main address: (URL) https://midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk Official name: NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board Postal address: Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Business Park Town: Colchester NUTS code: UKH3 Postal code: CO4 9QR Country: United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Main address: (URL) https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated14 Jun 2023, 16:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for ChangeSMESubcontracting: declared | £406,800 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change | £406,800 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Children & Young People Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (Essex-wide) · National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for ChangeSME
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2023
- Value
- £406,800
- Status
- active
Children & Young People Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (Essex-wide) · National Online Wellbeing Services Ltd T/A NOWs The Time for Change
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2023
- Value
- £406,800
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care BoardContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
- NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care BoardContracting authority
- NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care BoardContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.