Health and social work services

Tender description

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC), Peterborough City Council (PCC) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG (C&P CCG) are commissioning services for adults with mental health needs that would benefit from a range of interventions in a community setting. The service will wrap around current clinical primary and secondary mental health services to provide an equitable, community-based, recovery-focused service to support people to make connections within their community, improve their mental wellbeing and develop the skills to self-manage and gain independence. CCC is the lead commissioner for the service. Funding will be through alignment of current investment from CCC, PCC and C&P CCG. Service delivery in Peterborough will have ring-fenced financial resources. LGSS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Light Touch Regime (LTR) within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on behalf of the Authorities. The initial contract is for a period of three (3) years, with two options to extend for two (2) years each, making seven (7) years in total (3+2+2). Potential providers were invited to submit an initial tender response, which included a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and quality questions worth 100 % of the initial tender score. The Authority then issued invitations to participate in dialogue to the top 3 scoring providers that: meet the minimum SQ criteria; and score 60 % or more in the quality assessment; and submitted a bid within the budget. The providers that participated in dialogue sessions were invited to submit a final tender. The final tender was evaluated using the following criteria: — quality: 60 %, — price: 40 %.