Community Mental Health Services (Healthy Minds Service and Depression and Wellbeing Calls) LOTS in Mid and South Essex

Descriptions

This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 under the competitive process. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender (competitive process) for the provision of Lot 1: Healthy Minds Services and Lot 2: Depression and Wellbeing Calls Service (mental health services) for NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein referred to as the 'Authority').

The Authority has undertaken a full evaluation and assessment of the compliant bid submissions received as part of this competitive process, which were evaluated in line with the procurement documentation published within the Competitive Process Overview (CPO). The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documentation and CPO. As a result of this, the Authority intends to award the proposed Contract for the Service to the Provider that achieved the highest technical and commercial scores across the key criteria used.

The purpose of this competitive process was for the Authority to secure a suitably qualified provider to deliver this Lot 1: Healthy Minds Service and Lot 2: Depression and Wellbeing Calls Service across Mid and South Essex.

The contract term for both LOT 1 and LOT 2 is from 01st October 2025 - 30th September 2028, with the option to extend for a further 24 months.

The maximum 3-year contract value for LOT 1 is £3,890,885.00 Pound Sterling, which acts as an affordability cap for the commercial offer template for this procurement. The total aggregate contract value for LOT 1 over the 5-year contract term (inclusive of optional extensions) is £6,466,732.00 Pound Sterling.

The maximum 3-year contract value for LOT 2 is £285,875.00 Pound, which acts as an affordability cap for the commercial offer template for this procurement. The total aggregate contract value for LOT 2 over the 5-year contract term (inclusive of optional extensions) is £475,130.00 Pound Sterling.

The selected provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria. As outlined in the procurement documentation, the key criteria contained Technical Questions. The raw weighting and applied weightings have been assigned per Key Criterion in accordance with its relative importance in line the assessment of this tender process as determined by NHS MSE ICB. The Tender was assessed on Quality (90% weighting) and Price (10% weighting).

Key Criteria was:

Quality and Innovation 18.00% (out of 90%)

Value 13.50% (out of 90%)

Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability 31.50.00% (out of 90%)

Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice 18.00% (out of 90%)

Social Value 9.00% (out of 90%)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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.