Notice Information
Notice Title
SWIFT Psychiatric Assessments
Notice Description
This contract is for the provision of Adult Psychiatric Assessments for parents working with SWIFT. SWIFT are a multi-agency holistic treatment service for parents whose children are involved with children's services due to concerns around parental substance misuse.
Lot Information
Lot 1
See II.1.4 for a description of the services to be provided. East Sussex County Council is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Provider Selection Regime direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS540,000, dependent on need and funding. The contract is from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 with no explicit option to extend.
Procurement Information
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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 03 October 2025 to amy.wilkinson@eastsussex.gov.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a089
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062090-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £540,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- amy.wilkinson@eastsussex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEWES
- Postcode
- BN7 1UE
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
-
- Local Authority
- Lewes
- Electoral Ward
- Lewes Priory
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewes
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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