Suffolk Community Connector Service (SCCS)

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        "description": "The aim of the SCCS is to provide an alternative community offer to the traditional recovery team community support offered by our secondary care NHS provider, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust.",
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                "description": "Key objectives of the service include: * to offer virtual support to a range of people alongside face-to-face support. * for individuals to access support, goal focused planning and activities in their local community. * encourage people from 18+ to work towards a specific goal or receive impartial support and information. * offer to people who have been discharged by secondary care as part of their discharge plan. * offer to people who have greater need than a primary care offer. * designed to be in place to compliment psychological therapies through Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) (Suffolk Wellbeing Service: NSFT). * help introduce other additional support through a variety of voluntary and mental health groups. The Contract was previously commissioned for 3 years (including 6m extension) this proposal aligns the contract to expire when the other crisis alternative contracts end and can be reprocured following a full service review. Contract will run from 1st July 2025 to 31st March 2027 with no option to extend. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract (\"Contract modifications\"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023",
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        "procurementMethodRationale": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 30th June 2025. They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Insert Award decision-makers: SNEE ICB Executive Committee 28th October 2024 (for initial 9 months) and Mental Health Collaboration 26th June 2025 for additional 12 months * No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. Procurement to insert - The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: * Quality and Innovation - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment. * Value - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. * Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. * Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice -Part Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment. * Social Value - Assured- SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.",
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                "description": "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C Contract award date: 28th October 2024 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 1st July 2025 - 31st March 2027 Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: PS333,536 There was no review during the standstill period."
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