--- title: "NHS South Yorkshire ICB Barnsley Place - Social Prescribing High Intensity Users Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04d630" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d630" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d630.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d630.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2025-01-24" --- # NHS South Yorkshire ICB Barnsley Place - Social Prescribing High Intensity Users Service Buyer: NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d630 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d630) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d630.json) ## Summary NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has awarded a contract extension to Barnsley Healthcare Federation to continue providing Social Prescribing High Intensity Users Service until 31 March 2027. This service, situated in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, falls under the "Guidance and counselling services" industry category and plays a crucial role in improving patient care by reducing hospital admissions, emergency calls, and GP clinical appointments. The procurement method followed an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, and the decision was made based on a thorough review of past performance. The contract for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 is valued at £44,905 annually. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in healthcare services, particularly those specialising in non-clinical support and social prescribing. It allows businesses to contribute to NHS sustainability goals by mitigating high usage of emergency services and improving patient well-being. Companies with expertise in integrated healthcare solutions, patient support mechanisms, and efficiency-driven health services would find this contract particularly suited to their capabilities, given the need for innovative approaches to managing high intensity users and optimising care delivery. ## Notice South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the 'Authority') intends to extend the contract for the Social Prescribing service contract, which incorporates the High Intensity User Service, without competition until 31 March 2027 to the incumbent providers as detailed below: Barnsley Healthcare Federation (BHF) CIC Principal and/or registered office address: Oaks Park Primary Care Centre, Thornton Road, Kendray, BARNSLEY, S70 3NE The aim of the service is to provide social prescribing services for High Intensity Users of Barnsley Hospital Foundation NHS Trust Emergency Department. This cohort of service users present regularly via 999 calls and ED attendances which can lead to numerous hospital admissions. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The service has been run alongside other services to provide enhanced primary care services to improve access and experience of patients. Access to non-clinical services is paramount in helping to make NHS services more sustainable due to escalating demands for health care. Social prescribing helps by enabling people to receive the right level of care in the right location; and helps to reduce hospital attendances, calls on other services such as YAS, 999 and 111; and, clinical appointments in GP practices. An initial review has been undertaken of the service, considering activity, the service delivery model and the achievement of the objectives and expected outcomes included within the service specification. The social prescribing service has been found to be beneficial in improving the health and well-being of the patients supported, evidenced by achievement of the action plans and through case studies. Additionally through potential efficiency savings due to the impact of patients usage of other NHS services. Further work is ongoing to consider transformation of the service with scope to link the review work ongoing in relation to urgent and emergency care, including further analysis of data regarding patients' high usage of the Emergency Department and consider the potential future achievement of the high intensity user service. Additionally, enabling the further development of systems in place to more fully analyse the impact of the social prescribing service, for example at 6 months following discharge from the service and also consider potential options for mitigation of other risks such as the support for patients re-referred into the service. These factors have therefore impacted on the ability to fully assess and evaluate the Social Prescribing Service in the context of other changes. It would not be in the public's best interests to procure a model that may no longer be right for the local population. Nor would it be in the public's best interests to de-commission a service that is currently supporting the people of Barnsley, and supporting the 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance overall priorities to improve ambulance and A&E wait times, admission avoidance and access to primary care. Ceasing the contract would greatly impact patient access and would put a burden back into GP practices and other services at a time when resources are stretched to meet the priority mandates from NHS England. Therefore, South Yorkshire ICB recognises that it is necessary to further extend the Social Prescribing Service, to 31 March 2027. The annual contract value for the period 1/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 is currently PS44,905 per year. ### Procurement Information An initial review has been undertaken of the service, considering activity, the service delivery model and the achievement of the objectives and expected outcomes included within the service specification. The social prescribing service has been found to be beneficial in improving the health and well-being of the patients supported, evidenced by achievement of the action plans and through case studies. Additionally through potential efficiency savings due to the impact of patients usage of other NHS services. Further work is ongoing to consider transformation of the service with scope to link the review work ongoing in relation to urgent and emergency care, including further analysis of data regarding patients' high usage of the Emergency Department and consider the potential future achievement of the high intensity user service. Additionally, enabling the further development of systems in place to more fully analyse the impact of the social prescribing service, for example at 6 months following discharge from the service and also consider potential options for mitigation of other risks such as the support for patients re-referred into the service. These factors have therefore impacted on the ability to fully assess and evaluate the Social Prescribing Service in the context of other changes. It would not be in the public's best interests to procure a model that may no longer be right for the local population. Nor would it be in the public's best interests to de-commission a service that is currently supporting the people of Barnsley, and supporting the 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance overall priorities to improve ambulance and A&E wait times, admission avoidance and access to primary care. Ceasing the contract would greatly impact patient access and would put a burden back into GP practices and other services at a time when resources are stretched to meet the priority mandates from NHS England. Therefore, South Yorkshire ICB recognises that it is necessary to further extend the Social Prescribing Service, to 31 March 2027. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002579-2025 | | 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 | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Jan 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 23 Jan 2025 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £89,810 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | 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 | BARNSLEY HEALTHCARE FEDERATION | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services ## Release History - 24 Jan 2025 at 15:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002579-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://www.england.nhs.uk - https://www.southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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