Provision of Children's Community Health Services within Bristol and South Gloucestershire

Tender description

This procurement has been managed by the NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW CSU) Clinical Procurement team on behalf of the following Commissioners: • NHS Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group • NHS South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group • NHS North Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group • South Gloucestershire Council • Bristol City Council • NHS England The Commissioners invited Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of services within the following 3 procurement lots: 1. Lot 1: Community & Public Health Nursing, Paediatric and Therapy Services for Children and Young People o 0 -19 years Public Health Nursing o Children / Young People Looked After Nurses o Children's Community Therapies o Children's Community Nursing o Family Nurse Partnership o Paediatrics in the Community o School Immunisation Programme o Children's Speech and Language Therapy This lot was tendered under a negotiated procedure. 2. Lot 2: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services - Targeted & Specialist levels o Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services o Learning Disabilities This lot was tendered under a negotiated procedure. 3. Lot 3: National CAMHS Tier 4 in-patient and day service Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) General Adolescent Services deliver tertiary level care and treatment to young people with severe and/or complex mental disorders. Services are provided for young people between 13th and 18th birthdays with a range of mental disorders (including depression, psychoses, eating disorders, severe anxiety disorders, emerging personality disorder) associated with significant impairment and / significant risk to themselves or others such that their needs cannot be safely and adequately met by community Tier 3 CAMHS. This includes young people with mild learning disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders who do not require Tier 4 CAMHS Learning Disability Services. This lot was tendered under a restricted procedure. The services were advertised on Contracts Finder and the OJEU in February 2016. This notice informs of the formal award of these contracts to Sirona care & health CIC. The services will commence 1st April 2017 for an initial contract period of 5 years, with the option to extend for any period(s) up to a further 5 years.