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HCC Oct 2022 - The Provision of a Challenging Behaviour Service for Children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service (PALMS)
Other community
social and personal services
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Tenderline Synopsis: Hertfordshire County Council: "HCC Oct 2022 - The Provision of a Challenging Behaviour Service for Children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service (PALMS)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Hertfordshire County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
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| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 11 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHertfordshire County Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT | Last source update8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationOther community, social and personal services | ||
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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-038027 | ||
What is being bought
This is an Award Notice for the Provision of a Challenging Behaviour Service for Children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service (PALMS). Direct award due to specialist and bespoke service for which continuity is of paramount importance and market enquiries have been unable to find other service providers.
What changed
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- Status changed to complete
8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT - Official notice release published
8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT - Buyer information updated
8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis is an Award Notice. Hertfordshire County Council have awarded a contract for The Provision of a Challenging Behaviour Service for Children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service (PALMS). Direct award due to specialist and bespoke service for which continuity is of paramount importance and market enquiries have been unable to find other service providers.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
8 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 31 Mar 2022, 00:00 BST · £11,084,523
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £11,084,523 · signed 31 Mar 2022, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Hertfordshire County Council
Contracting authority GB-FTS-68002Documents (0)
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Procedure rationaleHertfordshire County Council is of the view that the contract award is in compliance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii). Due to the specialist, comprehensive and locally developed nature of the service offered by Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service (PALMS), when undertaking market research during 2021/22, commissioners have been unable to find anything of comparable service provision. Whilst there are providers that deliver elements of the service PALMS provide, we were not able to find a provider that delivers the whole holistic offer that is currently provided so no reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
PALMS are delivering services to Children & Young People (CYP) with Autism and/or Learning Disability (LD) who are more likely to develop mental health problems. One of the key areas of focus for the Hertfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) system is to improve the availability of access to mental health service for CYP and expand support for CYP with Autism and/or LD who often have more complex needs.
PALMS offer includes range of psychological interventions for challenging behaviour, mental health, sleeping, toileting, feeding and eating difficulties, and/or problematic sexualised behaviours for CYP with ASD and/or LD; crisis support to meet the needs of CYP through multi-agency response to crisis, including joint assessments, follow up & brief interventions. They host the Special School Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and provide consultation and training for other providers (health, social care and education) who support CYP and their families/carers, as well as providing clinical gatekeeping to out of County specialist mental health and challenging behaviour services.
The PALMS model of support has been in existence in Hertfordshire since end of 2014 and since then has adapted to meet the local needs of CYP and the local Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) system and is now well embedded and established, with a proven track record of improving outcomes for those children and young people who are unable to access mainstream service due to their additional needs. It is, therefore, imperative that we have continuation of the service provision in Hertfordshire.
Commissioners and Partners are currently working on transformation of the Hertfordshire CAMHS system (which PALMS is part of) and services and are moving towards an Integrated Care System in which providers work together and are accountable for a system rather than just their own service.
The Contract will be for 2 years with the option for extend for up to 24 months. |