Official UK procurement notice
NSS04724 Workforce Specialist Services
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWorkforce Specialist Services
- Recurrence: November 2029
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The contract will commence on 1st April 2025 and will be in place for a period of 3 yearsAwardedRenewalPublished value£8,360,000
The contract will commence on 1st April 2025 and will be in place for a period of 3 years. There will be an option to extend by a period of 1 x 2 years. The Provider will deliver on behalf of the Authority a Workforce Specialist Service (WSS), a confidential mental health, including addiction, assessment and treatment service. Access to the WSS will be for those working members of the health and social care workforce, or those who may be out of work but retain a licence to practice, and who, due to the nature of their professional role, are unable to access confidential care through usual routes, who’s illness or care is complicated by the conditions of being a regulated practitioner or who are at risk of or undergoing regulatory proceedings and their mental health is relevant or affected.
The workforce specialist service will offer specialism in treating and supporting regulated practitioners who:
experience increased risks of suffering mental illness including difficulties with addiction and suicidality.
suffer stigmatisation and difficulty accessing confidential assessment and treatment for mental health;
and who are reluctant to seek help due to concerns about professional implications (e.g. regulator involvement, detriment to career
progression, impact of having time off sick).
The service provided is expected to be led by a multi-professional team with experience in treating regulated professionals.
The service should offer specialism in treating addictions including capability to provide or arrange in-patient detoxification and/or rehabilitation therapy.
The provider will also support mobilisation, advisory and consultancy support for the Workforce Specialist Service
The Scottish health and social care workforce is 400,000. It has been estimated that approximately 750 individuals will require the provider's support for case management over a twelve-month period. It is expected that the service will be able to safely triage and offer both case management and therapy pathways as standard.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Cost: 20
- Suitability
The Provider will ensure appropriate triage, clinical pathways, risk management, therapeutic capacity and administrative staffing levels to meet the indicative demand (approximately 750 patients over 12 months). Ability to offer confidential care for mental illness but appropriate escalation procedures and means to engage with down stream agencies including registered GP, employers and regulators as appropriate.
All staff will have appropriate clinical registration and accreditation. GPs must be registered members of the General Medical Council
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: 3 years financial records, a minimum of one million pounds turnover per annum Provider shall insure: in respect of professional negligence in the amount of not less than FIVE MILLION POUNDS (5,000,000) STERLING for each claim; in respect of public liability insurance in the amoun…
- Technical & professional ability
Offer specialism in the treatment of regulated health and social care practitioners who, due to their role, experience barriers to care for their mental ill health. Can demonstrate competence and experience in managing addiction in regulated practitioners in both in and out patient settings.
Bidders must provide 2 examples of delivering a similar service within the last 3 years
Minimum: Able to deliver clinical care to the demand of approximately 750 per year and appropriate manage or triage fluctuations and additional demand safely. Medics will need a medical degree, registered on the relevant speciality register (ie have completed GP or psychiatry training or … - Technical & professional ability
The Provider will ensure appropriate clinical, therapeutic and administrative staffing levels to meet the indicative demand (750 patients over 12 months). They will offer reasonable support for public communications and engagement events to raise awareness and encourage appropriate uptake of the service.
All staff will have appropriate clinical registration and accreditation.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · November 2029
- First published
- 3 Sept 2024, 14:18 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jan 2025, 12:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 5 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NSS04724- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001015- Accelerated
- A prior information notice for reducing timescales has been issued in advance of this contract notice
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The contractor needs to provide monthly activity reports, including clinical outcomes and sickness/absence data, significant events including death by suicide and recovery/abstinence data at agreed intervals and an annual report summarising impact of the service and value for money invested.
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the
courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts
(Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of
Session.
Publisher note: The estimated values referred to in Section II.1.5 and 11.2.6 covers the 36 months contract duration and the 24 month extension period of the framework agreement. (SC Ref:787527)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
30 Oct 2024 → 13 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected30 Oct 2024
- Submission deadline5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published13 Jan 2025, 12:51 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2024- Status changed to active20 Nov 2024, 15:38 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Nov 2024, 15:38 GMT
- Deadline published: 5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT20 Nov 2024, 15:38 GMT
- Status changed to complete13 Jan 2025, 12:51 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley GroupSME | £8,360,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001015-2025-NSS04724-1 · Hurley GroupSME
- Signed
- 13 Jan 2025
- Value
- £8,360,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hurley GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.