Children's Community Health Services within Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas - Counselling Services

Tender description

This procurement is being managed by the NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW CSU) Clinical Procurement team on behalf of the following Commissioners: — Sirona care & health CIC; — NHS Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group; — NHS South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group; — Bristol City Council; and — South Gloucestershire Council. It is the intention that any contract awarded from this advert will be held and managed on behalf of all the aforementioned commissioners by the Prime Provider of CCHS; Sirona care & health CIC. Sirona care & health’s position as Prime Provider is currently subject to formal award decisions from each of the other aforementioned commissioners. Should Sirona care & health not be formally awarded to the position of Prime Provider, any contract arising out of this advert will be held by NHS Bristol CCG on behalf of itself and the other commissioners. This advert is for a Counselling Service as part of the overall recommissioning of Children’s Community Health Services (CCHS) within the Bristol & South Gloucestershire areas. The Commissioner has a total budget available of 270,000 GBP per annum. The indicative annual contract value by area is Bristol CCG - 91,000 GBP per annum, South Gloucestershire CCG - 179,000 GBP per annum. The initial period of the contract is 5 years with options to extend for any period or periods up to a maximum of a further 2 years. The total contract value excluding any optional extensions is 1,350,000 GBP. Additional Options Bidders will be required to bid on the basis of the aforementioned value and contract term, however they should also be aware of the following possible variation that may be required during the contract term. The following possible variations are not an exhaustive list, and the Commissioners reserve their right to vary any contract arising from this advert consistent with regulation 72 of the Public Contract Regulations or any other applicable law or guidance at the time of said variation: The service may expand to deliver Bristol City Council youth services commissioned counselling services to a value in the region of 100,000 GBP per annum. The service may expand to deliver additional commissioned online counselling/face to face services up to values in the region of 200,000 GBP for Bristol CCG and Bristol City Council per annum. The service may expand to deliver additional commissioned online counselling/face to face services up to a value in the region of 50,000 GBP for South Glos CCG and South Gloucestershire Council per annum. The full specification and Tender documentation can be obtained from: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home Deadline for submission of tenders is 12 noon 15th December 2016.