Notice Information
Notice Title
Young People's Online Counselling - SEL CCG
Notice Description
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN). South East London CCG is looking to re-procure its Young People's Online Counselling Provision ahead of the upcoming expiry of its current contract. The service will be required to deliver an early intervention, easy to access, online, in and out of hours counselling and support service to young people aged 10 up to their 26th birthday; people living, attending school, corporately cared for by the local authority or with GP registration in the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. The Service Provider shall provide: * a young person friendly, safe and easy to use website which is secure and allows a secure exchange of communication between the service provider and service user. * active local promotion of service (including marketing materials) to schools and other appropriate community settings to both professionals and young people. * support to the communication lead with plans to increase engagement with the platform * a choice of qualified psychotherapists and counsellors to deliver counselling sessions who are trained to address mental health concerns. * drop in online chats for service users with qualified psychotherapists, counsellors and Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners * booked 1:1 counselling sessions for service users with qualified psychotherapists and counsellors. * moderated group chats and themed message forums for service users based on particular themes and issues that affect young people's emotional and mental health. * joint integrated working with CAMHS to enable step-up access * regular performance monitoring information that demonstrates the type of concerns children and young people are presenting with and improved outcomes as a result of accessing services * service administration including an online platform and software licence The online platform will be accessible 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The online live text chat counselling function will be available 12 noon to 10pm Monday to Friday and 6pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday with reduced cover Christmas day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The provider must be British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited. It is expected that following a procurement process in early 2022, the new contract will run for a period of two years with a further extension option of up to two years (maximum four years in total). The total value of the contract (over four years) will be PS2,200,000, which equates to PS550,000 per annum (including irrecoverable VAT).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Interested providers must express an interest in the opportunity via the ProContract e-tendering portal. Organisations will need to register an account on ProContract if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link. https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Once registered, you can express an interest in this project and submit the EOI form by clicking the following link to this specific project: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2ce05cef-9d61-ec11-8110-005056b64545 A duly completed expression of interest (EOI) form must be submitted via the messaging facility for the above project on ProContract e-tendering portal by the stated deadline. Please note that any EOI submitted by any other means will not be considered. The deadline for expression of interest is 17:00 on 14 January 2021. Any expressions of interest received after this deadline will not be considered. Please note that the contract will be awarded without further publication. Interested organisations must express their interest as instructed in this notice if they wish to take part in this procurement process and no further opportunity notice will be published (in line with Regulation 75 (1)(b) of the PCR 2015). Should only one suitable EOI be received, the CCG reserves the right to undertake a negotiated procedure to award the contract. Where multiple suitable EOIs are received before the stated deadline from capable providers in response to this PIN, the CCG will publish a procurement opportunity to only those providers who have submitted EOIs in response to this PIN in early 2022. Any communications or clarification questions about this contract opportunity must submitted be via the messaging facility for this project on ProContract e-tendering portal. The deadline for any clarification questions is 17:00 on 14 January 2021.
Renewal: The new contract will run for a period of two years with a further extension option of up to two years (maximum four years in total). Should a competitive procurement process be required following this EOI process (i.e. two or more EOIs are deemed successful following evaluation), the contract start date will be 01/04/2023. Where only one EOI is received, the awarded contract start date may be sooner.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0303cb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031828-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Dec 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Jan 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS SOUTH EAST LONDON CCG
- Contact Name
- Mr Barend Henning
- Contact Email
- barend.henning@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 7770970400
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 2TZ
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
- Delivery Location
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark, TLI45 Lambeth, TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich, TLI61 Bromley, TLI62 Croydon
-
- Local Authority
- Southwark
- Electoral Ward
- London Bridge & West Bermondsey
- Westminster Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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