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title: "CYP Specialist Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service"
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# CYP Specialist Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service

Buyer: ATTAIN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-88730ce7-7823-488a-9e31-ae6bf82cf760

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the NHS Collaborative Commissioning Forum for Castle Point & Rochford, Southend, and Mid Essex, which has awarded the "CYP Specialist Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service" contract. This service, valued at £161,649, aims to provide emotional resilience and counselling for children and young people in the East of England, specifically to improve mental health outcomes in light of increasing needs due to COVID-19. The contract period commenced on 1st November 2021 and will run until 31st July 2022. This direct procurement was executed as a single tender action, and three voluntary organisations have been awarded the contract following a decision made on 10th August 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in mental health services, particularly those that are small or voluntary community sector enterprises, allowing them to expand their reach and service offering within the public sector. Existing suppliers include South East and Central Essex Mind, Open Door, and Kids Inspire, indicating a competitive environment where innovative approaches to emotional health and wellbeing for young people are in demand. Businesses aiming to engage in similar contracts should be prepared to deliver person-centred and evidence-based counselling services to enhance support for vulnerable communities.

## Notice

This is a Contract Award Notice to communicate the Collaborative Commissioning Forum for NHS Castle Point & Rochford, NHS Southend and NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups made a decision to award temporary contracts for the provision of an emotional resilience and person-centered counselling service (the "CYP Specialist Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service") for children and young people in Castle Point and Rochford, Southend and Mid Essex, to the three incumbent voluntary sector organisations (South East & Central Essex Mind, Open Door and Kids Inspire) for a period of 12 months commencing 1st August 2021 - 31st July 2022 in accordance with the CCGs local Standing Financial Instructions. It is noted that the contract date stated within this form will read the 01st November 2021, this is because a delay in the governance approval process has resulted in the retrospective contract commencement date which is the 1st August 2021 - 31st July 2022. This award is made to ensure continuity of service provision to vulnerable children and young people while the resource and capacity is sought to enable the CCGs to conduct a formal evaluation of the service in order to maximise benefits including; - Reduced clinical risk. - Positive impact on CYP and families including relationships, educational outcome. - Supporting the needs of the SET Suicide strategy. - Addresses current service gap and increase anxiety due to COVID-19 and consequences. - Reduces variation in service levels with other STP partners. - Combined offer include 5-18 age range. - Provides opportunity for evaluation and strategic decision-making for CYP offer beyond COVID-19 (test and learn) - Improved measurable MHSDS outcomes. - Improved system working between providers. - Mitigation of risk associated with staged introduction of Mental Health Support Teams The CCGs are publishing this Contract Award Notice in the Contracts Finder in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) for spend above PS25,000. The Services in scope of this Contract Award Notice fall within 'social and other specific services' within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) but the total value of this contract PS161,649 and the aggregate total contract value of PS384,342 including previous contracts awarded for this provision, does not exceed the current threshold of PS663,540.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c5d0da7-5058-4cb6-8244-3db9fd2f91b5 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Aug 2020 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2021 - 31 Jul 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £161,643 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £384,342 |
| 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 | RAYLEIGH |
| Post town | Southend-on-Sea |
| Postcode | SS6 7QF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH37 Essex Thames Gateway |
| Local authority | Rochford |
| Electoral ward | Wheatley |
| Westminster constituency | Rayleigh and Wickford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | KIDS INSPIRE; OPEN DOOR; SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL ESSEX MIND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 1 Nov 2021 at 12:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c5d0da7-5058-4cb6-8244-3db9fd2f91b5
- 7 Sep 2020 at 12:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c786151-e569-45f4-8815-dfcbba7574e1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c5d0da7-5058-4cb6-8244-3db9fd2f91b5
  1st November 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c786151-e569-45f4-8815-dfcbba7574e1
  7th September 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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