Official UK procurement notice
NECS542 - Request for Information - Children and Young People's Mental Health Online Support Service - County Durham for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNECS542 - Request for Information - Children and Young People's Mental Health Online Support Service - County Durham for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for, and on behalf of, NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority), who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise in order to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver Children and Young People's Mental Health Online Support Service in the County Durham area.
It is anticipated that TUPE may apply to this service.
This is a preliminary market engagement notice under the Procurement Act 2023 with the intention to adopt the competitive (Open Procedure) approach for any future procurements for this service. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Procurement Act 2023 Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, both the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the new Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 do not apply to this service.
This Request for Information was previously published under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Notice reference: 2024/S 000-036993. The Relevant Authority now considers that the draft specification for this service aligns to a CPV code which is not specified within the Provider Selection Regime.
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Guidance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Feb 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Authority reference
NECS542 RFI Feb 2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004858- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de73Find a Tender
Publisher note: To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the e-tender portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 12 noon on Friday 21 February 2025. Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the Atamis e-tender portal only. It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: [email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm RFI documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 13 February 2025.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Feb 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published13 Feb 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.