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Workforce Specialist Services

Counselling services
Guidance and counselling services
Scotland (UKM)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS"): "Workforce Specialist Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS"). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
9.9Bids / Report
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 974 active published awards; 798 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
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
Published23 Jun 2022, 08:52 BST
Last source update23 Jun 2022, 08:52 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCounselling services, Guidance and counselling services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-031bac
What is being bought
The Provider will deliver on behalf of the Authority a Workforce Specialist Service (WSS), a confidential assessment and treatment service. This will be available to all regulated health and social work and social care staff working as part of the Scottish workforce. 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
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    23 Jun 2022, 08:52 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Feb 2022, 11:45 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Feb 2022, 11:45 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    28 Feb 2022, 11:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Provider will deliver on behalf of the Authority a Workforce Specialist Service (WSS), a confidential assessment and treatment service. This will be available to all regulated health and social work and social care staff working as part of the Scottish workforce. 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 Additional information: The contract will run for an initial period of 12 months, from 6th April 2022 to 5th April 2023, with the option to extend for up to a further 2 X 12 months
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Jun 2022, 08:52 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 13 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST · £4,800,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Hurley Group
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£4,800,000 · signed 13 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Contracting authority GB-FTS-322
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  • The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM, EH12 9EB
    nss.procurementteam@nhs.scot
    +44 1312757660

  • Hurley Group
    supplier

    Ebenezer House, Kennington Lane, London, UKI, SE11 4HJ

  • Sherriff Court House
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
    edinburgh@scotcourts.gov.uk
    +44 1312252525
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Authority believes there is only one provider capable of meeting its requirement for this service.