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title: "Key Workers Service in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK)"
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# Key Workers Service in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK)

Buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GEM COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b4eed36-e3ab-4477-9ca2-d7460f4995ee

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## Summary

The NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit has awarded a contract for the Key Workers Service in Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes (BLMK). The procurement was for community health services valued at £2,400,000 GBP. The tender involved providing dedicated keyworkers to support children and young people with learning difficulties and/or autism. The contract is for an initial period of 3 years, with the possibility of a 2-year extension.

The planning stage for the same Key Workers Service procurement highlighted the need for providers to fully mobilise and provide services by October 1, 2023. The indicative annual contract value is £800,000 GBP. The procurement aims to reduce mental health inpatient admission rates for children and young people. Prospective providers must demonstrate various capabilities and will be evaluated based on specific criteria. The deadline for expressing interest was July 14, 2023.

## Notice

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board (ICB) required a dedicated keyworkers service to work across BLMK with the aim of reducing the mental health inpatient admission rates of children and young people (CYP) with learning disability (LD) and/or an autism spectrum condition (ASC). Keyworkers were required to support CYP up to the age of 25 years with learning difficulties and/or autism (LDA) who are currently inpatients or at risk of being admitted to hospital, and who are rated Red and Amber on our Dynamic Support Register (DSR) and whose needs can escalate quickly. A key function of this role will be to offer flexibility in its broadest term, from delivering flexible, cross-system personalised child centred support, including face to face interventions, to involvement and access for the family, ensuring continuity of care and support as well as a strategic role supporting the BLMK Integrated Care System to ensure resources are in place to meet the needs of these children. The prospective provider needed to be: o Able to demonstrate experience of delivering the keyworker function in an ICB footprint o Able to have in place a dedicated workplace base within BLMK to accommodate key workers and key worker manager o Able to deliver Keyworker service across BLMK and able to provide face to face interventions in BLMK. o Able to demonstrate they can provide the required workforce Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) to meet the requirements the service, and in line with TUPE requirements o Able to demonstrate that workforce has sufficient training to support a young person who has a LD and/or ASC o Able to demonstrate management and delivery of personal health budgets o Able to demonstrate a good understanding of BLMK education, care and health system. It is expected that the contracts would be for an initial period of 3 years with the opportunity to extend for a further period of up to 2 years (at the discretion of the Contracting Authority: maximum term of 5 years). The indicative annual contract value for this service was PS800,000 per annum (excluding VAT).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73d79608-d85f-43c5-b71c-2de80941f9bf |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | 14 Jul 2023 |
| Award date | 31 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,400,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,334,780 |
| 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 | NHS ARDEN AND GEM COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT |
| Locality | LUTON |
| Post town | Luton |
| Postcode | LU1 2LJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH21 Luton |
| Local authority | Luton |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Luton South and South Bedfordshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AUTISM BEDFORDSHIRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 22 Dec 2023 at 13:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73d79608-d85f-43c5-b71c-2de80941f9bf
- 7 Jul 2023 at 14:30 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47e26131-5621-430c-8d05-43340e8f3e0e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73d79608-d85f-43c5-b71c-2de80941f9bf
  22nd December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47e26131-5621-430c-8d05-43340e8f3e0e
  7th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e9f74e4c-3be6-4209-af7c-9de5852d2e4f
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d8cbfa38-e962-453e-8dd3-6aa90d8361ec

## Notice URLs

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

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