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title: "Children & Young People Crisis Support Service - Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB (Essex-wide)"
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# Children & Young People Crisis Support Service - Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB (Essex-wide)

Buyer: ATTAIN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-203cf8c8-4af2-498f-8121-0e8f28b2b150

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## Summary

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for a Children & Young People Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex, and Thurrock. The service aims to provide therapeutic support to families, reduce crisis-related A&E attendances, and alleviate social isolation. The contract is valued at £1.5 million, with a 3-year initial period starting on 1st May 2023 and the possibility of a 2-year extension until 30th April 2028. Attain, based in Welwyn Garden City, acted as the buying organisation, and Barnardos was awarded the contract.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health services sector, particularly those specializing in therapeutic support and crisis intervention for children and young people. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to consider bidding for this contract. The open procurement method provides a transparent and competitive process for interested suppliers to compete for delivering these critical services, ultimately contributing to improved outcomes for families in need across the designated regions of Hertfordshire and West Essex.

## Notice

The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that following a compliant procurement process, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract to deliver a Children & Young People's Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. This service is being commissioned by Herts and West Essex ICB as the lead commissioner on behalf of the county and in conjunction with Mid & South Essex integrated Care Board and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board as associate commissioners. The Crisis Support Service provides therapeutic support, based on the provision such as the trauma informed attachment focussed therapy model, as an example. This will enable parents and carers to adopt and maintain a therapeutic parenting approach. The key outcomes of the service are to: - Alleviate the stress of social isolation, concerns about managing a CYP with emotional, anxiety or other non-MH crisis related issues - Support families who are worried, exhausted about their CYP - Reduce attendances at A&E for crisis - Reduce the negative impact of life stressors on family life - Impact measurements for each family The initial contract is for a period of 3-years starting on 1st May 2023 with the option to extend for a further 2-years (1st May 2026 - 30th April 2028). The submitted bid price for the 3-year period is PS619,891 (excl. VAT). The value expressed within this notice is the potential total aggregate value which includes any potential options or extensions. The Authority may wish to introduce additional services and/or expand services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modification(s)"). 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 and / or other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to include services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0481a076-3f25-496d-ba3a-0324e03723d4 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | 30 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ATTAIN |
| Locality | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Post town | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL8 6JL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Handside |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BARNARDOS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 21 Jul 2023 at 15:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0481a076-3f25-496d-ba3a-0324e03723d4

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0481a076-3f25-496d-ba3a-0324e03723d4
  21st July 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk

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