Official UK procurement notice
Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR)
Authority: Devon Partnership NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDevon Partnership NHS Trust were seeking to appoint a Provider to deliver Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements services across the Peninsula (Devon and Cornwall OPCC boundary), in line with the specified requirements of the contract.
An MHTR is a community order, which is a sentence that a court can pass to someone if they have mental health needs and have committed a lesser criminal offence.
Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirement is a function of Integrated Non-Custodial Services (IN-CS).
The procurement is divided into 3 lots within the South West as follows:-
Lot 1: Devon and Torbay
Lot 2: Plymouth
Lot 3: Cornwall
The contracts will be for a term of 7 years and services are planned to commence from 1st April 2025.
The contracts could be subject to nationally mandated directives or service alterations with associated funding during the term of the contract.
TUPE is likely to apply to this procurement.
CPV: Health services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£2,650,685 together) · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Devon and TorbayCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,129,472
Following an unsuccessful tender for Lot 1, the lot was not awarded via this competitive process.
Lot #2Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - PlymouthAwardedRenewalPublished value£508,156
Devon Partnership NHS Trust is appointing a Provider to deliver Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements services across Plymouth area (Lot 2).
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. This is a 7 year commencing 1st April 2025 and the approximate total value of the contract is £508,156.
This is a new service which DPT have been commissioned to provide and have chosen to appoint a provider via a competitive process. The provider is an existing supplier to the Trust.
Lot #3Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - CornwallCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,013,057
Following an unsuccessful tender for Lot 3, the lot was not awarded via this competitive process.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Environmental | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Devon and Torbay | 88% | 2% | 10% | |
| 2 · Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Plymouth | 88% | 2% | 10% | |
| 3 · Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Cornwall | 88% | 2% | 10% |
- Suitability
Registrations with professional bodies, DBS and both police and prison vetting required
- Price carries 2 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 0.2 points.
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
- First published
- 9 Dec 2024, 11:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
T24-0111- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003645- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c593Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 1st Feb 2025. Written representations can be made to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Details of the award decision makers are as follows:- Service Manager Lead Psychologist Senior Management Accountant Commercial & Operational Lead 2x Experts by Experience There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision. The decision to award this contract as per the Competitive process was based on evaluation against basic selection criteria which was assessed on pass/fail basis and other key criteria which were assessed on a 0-3 scale. Several tender questions were asked as per below criteria & weighting:- Financial Planning : 8% Quality of Service : 75% Sustainability: 10% Cost: 2% There was also a face to face meeting held where the provider was invited to present their service proposal. This carried a weighting of 5%. The provider selected for award has been chosen as they passed the basic selection criteria and were the highest scoring bidder overall, against the key criteria.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jan 2025
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 12 Jan 2025
Timeline
12 Jan 2025 → 4 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline12 Jan 2025
- Bids opened12 Jan 2025
- Notice published4 Feb 2025, 13:46 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Jan 2025, 10:31 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextV1.3 · V1 | — | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process. The date of contract awa… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 2 · Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Plymouth1 award | |||
| Livewell SouthwestPrimary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Lot 2 (Plymouth) | £508,156 † | — | Awarded |
2 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Lot 2 (Plymouth) · Livewell Southwest
- Signed
- 17 Jan 2025
- Value
- £508,156
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) - Plymouth | 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Livewell SouthwestAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria