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title: "Children and Young People's Mental Health Digital Service (Essex)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-032b6a"
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# Children and Young People's Mental Health Digital Service (Essex)

Buyer: NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX ICB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032b6a

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## Summary

The NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, as the lead Commissioner on behalf of various organisations, has awarded the contract for the provision of Children and Young People's Mental Health Digital Services in Essex to Kooth Digital Health Ltd. The procurement stage was 'completed', with a contract value of £821,631 signed on 24th October 2022. The service is scheduled to commence on 1st December 2022 for a term of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 24 months. The procurement process was an open procedure advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Services in April 2022.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the community health services sector, especially those providing mental health support services. Businesses that focus on digital health technologies and counselling services would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The award criteria for this contract included quality, service delivery, and information governance aspects, making it attractive for organisations with expertise in these areas to participate.

## Notice

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, as lead Commissioner, on behalf of NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, Essex County Council, Thurrock Borough Council and Southend-on-Sea City Council, for the provision of Children's and Young People's Mental Health Digital Services. The opportunity was advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Services in April 2022. The maximum annual budget is PS273,877 per annum. The service commencement date is 1st December 2022 for a term of 3 years plus the option to extend for a further 24 months. The total aggregate value inclusive of all extensions is PS1,369,385.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The aim of this CYP MH Digital Service is to provide children, young people and their carers/guardians a digital platform for mental health support services to provide an early intervention, easy to access online in and out of hours counselling and support service to those children and young people who are registered or are eligible to be registered with a GP throughout Essex. The Southend Essex and Thurrock (SET) Executive Collaborative Commissioning Forum is looking to improve digital and remote access to mental health support and counselling services for children and young people (CYP), enhancing the mental health of young people and their families across the seven Essex CCG localities, Essex County Council, Southend Borough Council and Thurrock Council. Locally, commissioners recognise that CAMHS are struggling to meet growing demand from young people for mental health services and are exploring how digital technologies can help support young people in a less resource intensive way--especially where young people do not need the level of specialist community intervention that CAMHS provides The Provider will ensure they comply with locality policies and procedures, with particular regard to encouraging young people to be as involved as possible in planning and care decisions and to ensure the needs and circumstances of individuals are made visible in their policy and practice. The Provider will ensure they build partnering relationships / pathway working with statutory health and social care services Please note that the original advertisement for this opportunity was under NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group as lead Commissioner on behalf of the Commissioning Authorities. As of the 1st July 2022, the seven aforementioned CCG's will transition into three separate Integrated Care Boards (ICB's) namely; NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB and NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB, which will be named as the Contracting Authorities in any future Contract Award Notices associated with this procurement.

Options: Option to extend by 24 months

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030185-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 6 May 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,369,385 |
| Lots value | £1,369,385 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,009,898 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX ICB |
| Additional buyers | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL; NHS BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS CASTLE POINT AND ROCHFORD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX ICB; NHS MID ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS NORTH EAST ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS SOUTHEND CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX ICB; NHS THURROCK CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NHS WEST ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL; SOUTHEND-ON-SEA COUNCIL; THURROCK BOROUGH COUNCIL; THURROCK COUNCIL |
| Locality | EPPING |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM16 6TN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH32 Thurrock |
| Local authority | Thurrock |
| Electoral ward | Grays Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Thurrock |
| Delivery location | TLH3 Essex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | KOOTH DIGITAL HEALTH; POLARIS CHILDREN'S SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2022 at 12:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030185-2022
- 10 Aug 2022 at 16:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022074-2022
- 7 Apr 2022 at 16:57 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009423-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.justice.gov.uk
- http://www.midessexccg.nhs.uk
- https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
- https://castlepointandrochfordccg.nhs.uk/
- https://essex.gov.uk
- https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
- https://midessexccg.nhs.uk/
- https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
- https://westessexccg.nhs.uk/
- https://www.essex.gov.uk/contact-us
- https://www.kooth.com/
- https://www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
- https://www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/
- https://www.neessexccg.nhs.uk/
- https://www.polarischildrensservices.co.uk/
- https://www.southend.gov.uk
- https://www.southend.gov.uk/
- https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/
- https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/contact
- https://www.thurrockccg.nhs.uk/

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