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title: "The NHS secondary and community mental health, learning disability, dementia and autism services in Sheffield."
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-048bbb"
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buyer: "NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2024-08-16"
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# The NHS secondary and community mental health, learning disability, dementia and autism services in Sheffield.

Buyer: NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048bbb

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## Summary

The NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract to Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust for providing secondary and community mental health, learning disability, dementia, and autism services in Sheffield. Encompassing a total value of £581,776,250, this contract will be active from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2029. Governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, the procurement process followed a limited procedure, specifically an award without prior publication of a call for competition. This decision was propelled by the trust’s unique capacity, infrastructure, and expertise, which other potential providers lack, to deliver the comprehensive range of services required.

This tender creates significant opportunities for businesses involved in health services, particularly those specialising in integrated care, mental health, and support services. The awarded contract underlines the importance of established infrastructure and experience, especially for large-scale and intricate healthcare provision. Businesses providing innovative health solutions, efficient resource management, and collaborative service delivery are well-suited to engage in similar opportunities, either as direct contractors in future bidding rounds or as subcontractors under the awarded entities. Collaborations and partnerships with the NHS can lead to sustained growth and substantial business expansion in the healthcare sector.

## Notice

This contract as a whole are considered to fall within the scope of direct award process A on the basis that the NHS provider delivers our primary NHS provider contract for emergency and secondary care mental health related services. The Statutory Guidance support us take a realistic view of whether any other providers could actually deliver the contract. Realistically there are no other providers with the established infrastructure (both staffing, estates and NHS experience) to deliver the combination of services under these contracts to the scale which our local NHS providers deliver. This contract is based on all services being delivered under them considered as a package, as any attempt to split services off to commission differently would risk destabilisation of the rest of contract and the amount of resource required to undertake this task would be disproportionate the benefits received for our population. In addition, breaking these services down would risk losing the benefits of interdependence between the services (including services commissioned from these NHS providers which fall within the scope of specialised commissioning) which enables staffing resource to be flexed to meet pressures (e.g. treat complex long waiters), supports patient experience as flows between services are more fluid and issues can be easily resolved, encourages value for money by maximising economies of scale across services (e.g. when buying goods and services, using estates) and maximises innovation by encouraging service collaboration to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and other strategic requirements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract as a whole are considered to fall within the scope of direct award process A on the basis that the NHS provider delivers our primary NHS provider contract for emergency and secondary care mental health related services. The Statutory Guidance support us take a realistic view of whether any other providers could actually deliver the contract. Realistically there are no other providers with the established infrastructure (both staffing, estates and NHS experience) to deliver the combination of services under these contracts to the scale which our local NHS providers deliver. This contract is based on all services being delivered under them considered as a package, as any attempt to split services off to commission differently would risk destabilisation of the rest of contract and the amount of resource required to undertake this task would be disproportionate the benefits received for our population. In addition, breaking these services down would risk losing the benefits of interdependence between the services (including services commissioned from these NHS providers which fall within the scope of specialised commissioning) which enables staffing resource to be flexed to meet pressures (e.g. treat complex long waiters), supports patient experience as flows between services are more fluid and issues can be easily resolved, encourages value for money by maximising economies of scale across services (e.g. when buying goods and services, using estates) and maximises innovation by encouraging service collaboration to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and other strategic requirements. 

This award has been made following the direct award process A

The lifetime value of the contract is PS581,776,250 however, the expected annual contract value for 2024/25 is PS116,355,250. The lifetime value of the contract, is unknown as prices payable under the contract will be adjusted on an annual basis in line with the methodology outlined in the national NHS Payment Guidance. In addition actual payment received for 2024/25 and future years may be determined in line with actual activity delivered, where the national NHS Payment Guidance mandates the use of variable contracting arrangements. The prices which will apply to any variable arrangements will be as outlined in the NHS Payment Guidance.

The services will be provided from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2029

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026187-2024 |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £581,776,250 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 3FG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 16 Aug 2024 at 14:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026187-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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