NSCHT Multi-Lot Community Partnership Commissioning

Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) have been working on behalf of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) who were looking to undertake a multi-lot Competitive Process for Community Partnership Commissioning, including: Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service It was the intention of the NSCHT to start commissioning contracts for the above services from 1st April 2025 for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year, and possibly another year (5 years total). Contract start date: 1st April 2025 Contract end date (including possible extensions): 31st March 2030 Please see below total contract values for 5 years: - Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service - £580,000 - Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service - £1,800,000 - Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service - £200,000 The ITT was live on Thursday 14th November 2024 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions will be Friday 13th December 2024 12:00pm midday. Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract values, for each lot, were informed that they would not achieve the score of a pass. This was checked during the evaluation of the pass/fail questions in the Basic Selection Envelope. There was also a further competition on price. To express interest and participate in the Competitive Process, bidder's were advised to register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome A maximum of 3 contracts totalling £516,000 annually were to be awarded. The overall maximum contract value for all 3 lots, including possible contract extensions was £2,580,000. The relevant reference number for this tender was C318455. Further details were made available via documentation and information released during the tender process. The competitive tendering process to which this ITT relates to and further to which the Authority intends to purchase the Services as set out in regulation 11 of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award of a contract with a competition. This ITT was made available to all Bidders who have expressed a potential interest in delivering this services in line with the requirements for Health Services and mixed procurements which fall under Regulation 3 and 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a Tender contract notice advertisement Bidders were invited to bid for each lot separately. Bidders were able to bid for more than one lot. Lot 1: Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for Lot 1 Health and Lifestyle Service to Everyone Health. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £578,361.59 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years). Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025 Contract End Date: 31st March 2030 The service is to promote health, weight management, nutrition and wellbeing. The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a provider to support the provision of Health and Lifestyle Support for Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust NSCHT. Weight management and promotion of positive lifestyles is complex, and this is especially true for people with severe mental illness. They are more likely to have common risk factors for being overweight, such as reduced access to healthy food, lower incomes and health conditions that limit their mobility. In addition, they have risk factors not typically faced by the general population, such as weight gain related to psychiatric medication and admission to inpatient wards with fewer opportunities to be physically active. This service will not include smoking cessation support as it is anticipated that this will be a separately commissioned service in line with national aspirations for smoking support outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan. 1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder and has been recommended as a successful bidder. This service is an existing service. Everyone Health is the existing provider. The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated. This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts. Lot 2: Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process for Lot 2 Future Focus Peer Coach Service to Changes Health & Wellbeing. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,782,820.00 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years). Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025 Contract End Date: 31st March 2030 The service is to provide a lived experience support offer to individuals where an expert by experience input would be of benefit for recovery and to address social stressors to mental illness. The purpose of this procurement exercise is to appoint a provider to support the provision of a Future Focus Peer Coach (FFPC) Service within Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust (NSCHT). The objective of the FFPC Service provision is to enable Service Users to stay well in their recovery journey. The ways in which people are supported can be flexible, should be person centred and help people to make the best use of their community resources. The Service will form a part of an integrated pathway across the voluntary sector, primary and secondary care mental health and social care. It should be based on recovery and social inclusion principles and designed to be accessible and to prevent people falling through gaps between services. 1 bidder has been selected as the highest overall scoring bidder for this lot and has been recommended as a successful bidder. This service is an existing service. Changes Health & Wellbeing are the existing provider. The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated. This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts. Lot 3: Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service This is an intention to award notice to advise that no award will be taking place, for Lot 3 Financial Wellbeing Service. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £200,000 (for 3 years total, with an option to extend for 2 years). Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025 Contract End Date: 31st March 2030 This service was to provide bespoke financial and benefit advice. The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a provider to support the provision of Financial Wellbeing Management and Support (FWB) for Mental Health Services (North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. The service role of the Financial Wellbeing Support needed to offer a Mon-Fri service that offers a range of flexible support to people with financial difficulties within North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The service will advise and support patients who are under the care of CMHT's including Older Persons and the Rehab Pathway. No suitable bids were received for Lot 3, therefore there are no recommended bidders for Lot 3 as part of this process. There is an existing service already. The contract award criteria was specified in the procurement documents. The procurement documents included the contract award criteria, including the agreed relative importance of key criteria (e.g., weighting, prioritisation) against which, bids were evaluated. This process was a mixed procurement as Lot 1 and Lot 2 were considered to be health, but Lot 3 was not. The healthcare element was more than 50% of the total value of the 3 contracts and therefore a mixed procurement approach was taken, in accordance with PSR regulation 11 for the procurement of these 3 contracts. Additional information: No contract has been awarded for this lot, as part of this process.