Health and social work services

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The Covid-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for provision of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service via a new short term contract (effectively continuing existing service provision). See previous OJEU Reference for existing contractual arrangements: 2019/S 070-165200 Under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority considers Covid-19 to be a state of urgency that has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. A response to the pandemic is therefore required in order to safeguard public health risks and risk to life by securing safe and continued service provision. Accordingly, North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has decided to enter into a contract with North Hampshire Urgent Care (Talkplus) using the ‘competitive procedure without prior publication for reasons of extreme urgency’ (Reg 32(2)(c) PCR 2015). The Covid-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for provision of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service via a new short term contract (effectively continuing existing service provision). See previous OJEU Reference for existing contractual arrangements: 2019/S 070-165200 Under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority considers Covid-19 to be a state of urgency that has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. A response to the pandemic is therefore required in order to safeguard public health risks and risk to life by securing safe and continued service provision. Accordingly, North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has decided to enter into a contract with North Hampshire Urgent Care (Talkplus) using the ‘competitive procedure without prior publication for reasons of extreme urgency’ (Reg 32(2)(c) PCR 2015), brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak, for the following reasons: • to maintain service delivery and continuity during and after the Covid-19 response; • a change of provider would disrupt continuity and would be to the detriment of patient care and the local health system, noting that exit and mobilisation periods are a key consideration for robust strategic planning; • resources in the contracting authority have been redirected to support frontline activities including direct care for patients and efforts to support supply chain activities. As a result, scheduled re-tendering activity is being delayed while the current circumstances are present. Further justification is supported by guidance issued by the Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note – Responding to Covid-19 PPN01/20. This PCR Regulation 32 Contract Award notice is being published to notify the award of the contract for 12 months, until 31 March 2022. This time is considered necessary and proportional to alleviate the risk posed by the outbreak and, will give the above named contracting authority sufficient time to comply with undertaking a compliant competitive procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract value is estimated at GBP 2 724 013 which is based on the 2020/21 value, and will be subject to annual inflationary uplifts. A copy of the requirement specification can be viewed by logging into https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning If you are already registered on the portal, login as usual and go to step 6 below, otherwise: 1) Click the ‘Register’ link on the left-hand side of the page; 2) Enter your correct business and user details; 3) Note the email address chosen and Click ‘Register My Company’ when complete; 4) You will receive an email with your unique password (keep this secure); 5) Login to the portal with the username/password; you will be prompted to change your password on first login; 6) Hover your mouse over the ‘Tenders’ button on the main toolbar and choose ‘Current’; 7) Scroll through the opportunities and select ‘F13484 — IAPT 2020 – NEHF CCG’; 8) Click on the ‘View Details’ button and select the Clarification tab to view the specification.