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Published 29 Apr 2022, 15:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of an Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Service

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£4,980,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 19 Jan 2023awarded 1 Jun 2023
Next notice expected 23 May 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The overarching requirement is for the Contractor to provide supplementary access to mental healthcare for:

An inpatient setting for entitled personnel that is safe, locally based, inpatient services with the ability to provide urgent expert assessment, treatment, stabilisation and return to service or transition to civilian facilities or civilian life.

To provide surge provision of a rolling 116 (annual total of no more than 416) new referrals for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved psychotherapy for all DCMHs and Defence mental health staff and other identified personnel – referred to as the Outpatient Psychotherapy Service (OPS).

CPV: Medical hospital services · Psychiatrist or psychologist services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 1 bids received (1.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This contract will form part of the Defence occupational mental healthcare pathway,…AwardedPublished value£4,980,000

This contract will form part of the Defence occupational mental healthcare pathway, supporting Defence Community Mental Health (DCMH) in providing psychotherapy, and in providing appropriate inpatient provision, when required. It will reflect the different thresholds and tolerances for treatment used within Defence which will reflect the different risks to the NHS.

The overarching requirement is for the Contractor to provide supplementary access to mental healthcare for:

An inpatient setting for entitled personnel that is safe, locally based, inpatient services with the ability to provide urgent expert assessment, treatment, stabilisation and return to service or transition to civilian facilities or civilian life.

To provide surge provision of a rolling 116 (annual total of no more than 416) new referrals for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved psychotherapy for all DCMHs and Defence mental health staff and other identified personnel – referred to as the Outpatient Psychotherapy Service (OPS). The range of psychological provision required, to be delivered:

(1) Delivery of evidence based psychologically informed interventions for a range of presentations, which will be up to and including stepped care levels 3/4a in complexity.

(2) Delivering accredited specialist psychological interventions, that may draw on more than one psychological model, underpinned by theory and evidence based.

(3) In some more complex cases, following MDT/therapist discussions, to deliver highly specialist or complex psychological interventions requiring especially high levels of skill, knowledge and experience.

Provision of clinical supervision, as required and requested, to MOD clinicians (including approach specific specialist accredited supervision).

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The Authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion to extend the Contract Term for a period of up to 12 months. the value of this option is estimated to be £2.3mVariant bids: not allowed
85111200 Medical hospital services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Non-Cost (Technical): 50%
  • Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Non-Cost (Technical): 50%
  • Cost: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Provision of an Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Apr 2022, 15:51 BST
Last source update
21 Jun 2023, 15:48 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
703541450
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017694
Classification (CPV)
Medical hospital servicesPsychiatrist or psychologist services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03325c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: Cyber Security: The MoD has a duty to protect itself from Cyber threats and now we extend this to Suppliers we engage with. As an extension of the Government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme the MoD, working together with Industry and other Government Departments, have developed a more robust Cyber Security Model, under the umbrella of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP). All prime contractors must have the cyber security controls specified in DEF Stan 05-138 (Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers), as appropriate to the cyber risk level specified in the contract. The Authority has determined the level of risk at High (Reference: RAR-548990550) as defined in DEF Stan 05-138. In order to do business with the MOD you must have the cyber security controls required as shown above. As part of the Tender process, the Authority shall visit the Tenderer's premises (at time to be agreed between the Authority and the Tenderer) for the purposes of assessment / evaluation of the facilities. If this is not possible then a live virtual tour shall be required.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Appointment period ends
19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.contracts.mod.uk ↗

Timeline

23 May 2022 → 21 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    23 May 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    21 Jun 2023, 15:48 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Nov 2022
  1. Published value published: £4,980,000
    29 Nov 2022, 14:10 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    29 Nov 2022, 14:10 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    29 Nov 2022, 14:10 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
    29 Nov 2022, 14:10 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    29 Nov 2022, 14:10 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    20 Dec 2022, 16:26 GMT
  7. Status changed to complete
    21 Jun 2023, 15:48 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextValue excluding VAT: (for framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems – estimated total maximum value for the entire duration of the framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system) · II.1.5£4,980,000£7,480,000
—TextValue excluding VAT: (for framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems – estimated total maximum value for the entire duration of the framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system) · ii.2.6£4,980,000£7,480,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-04: 1 release · 29 Apr 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jun 2023

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Provision of an Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Service

    Signed
    1 Jun 2023
    Value
    £6,814,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence DMS Whittington, Lichfield, UK, WS14 9PYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • DMS WhittingtonReview body Lichfield
  • UK STRATCOM CommercialReview body Lichfield

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria