Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Branching Out Children and Young Peoples Drug and Alcohol Service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19/03/2024

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 140 450.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the day this notice is published. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 8th May 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to procurement@calderdale.gov.uk

The award decision-makers for this contract are the Borough Council of Calderdale Public Health Leadership Team.

Declared and potential conflicts of interest were assessed, and none were identified.

The rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria is explained below:

1. Quality & Innovation: 20%. The service must be responsive to changes in substance use and other issues relating to children and young people, for example developing education campaigns to new risks such as Nitrous Oxide and developing responses to a rising complexity of need. Branching Out is currently working with the adult treatment system to develop a whole family approach.

2. Value: 20%. They have steadily increased both numbers in treatment and successful treatment completion rates, despite a reduction in budget. Branching Out has continued to deliver focused school holiday sessions despite the external funding stream ending. Following the roll out of the national drug strategy Calderdale has received significantly less funding than its regional neighbours whilst maintaining good outcomes on the drug strategy headline indicators. Branching Out is an active participant on Calderdale safeguarding Childrens Board subgroups, the Youth Justice Board, Channel Panel, Drug strategy work stream groups and a wide range of children and young people’s services workstreams ensuring collaborative working across the system.

3. Integration, collaboration & service sustainability: 20%. The Branching Out service is co-located at the Orange Box, with Calderdale’s young people focused services, maximising on integration and collaboration. 83% of Branching Out cases involve multi-agency working compared with 62% nationally (NDTMS). Branching Out have a worker embedded in the Youth Justice Service, and relationships with the local education system, delivering sessions in Calderdale Schools and colleges. They also deliver drugs awareness training across Calderdale via the Safeguarding Board. Branching Out regularly participate with partners from the night-time economy and violence reduction unit to support a focus on areas of concern.

4.Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 20%

Branching Out have improved access to under-represented groups, including, developing a specialist response to multiple disadvantaged groups with alternative methods of treatment delivery and outreach. Humankind have invested in developing a model of engagement with BAME communities, establishing a pool of BAME community connectors/champions to support the development of culturally sensitive interventions to be piloted in Calderdale.

5.Social value: 20%. The service supports the local area and local employment with 83% of employees being Calderdale residents. Cleaners and maintenance staff are employed by Humankind’s dedicated social enterprise More Time UK Ltd, which employs local people. The service provides volunteering opportunities for service users and members of the public with pathways into employment, as well as opportunities to support the studies of research students and student placements.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

26/04/2024