# Children & Young People Crisis Support Service - NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board \(Essex-wide\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Attain.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Attain](/buyers/attain/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,800,000
- Published: 3 February 2023
- Contract start: 1 May 2023
- Contract end: 30 April 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 76a0169e-bdbe-45b2-ba75-ab402efc98e5-611559
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c2f8c2f8-b3b7-4cbf-b32f-bad78f0024f0

## Description

Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board \(HWE ICB\) invites tender responses from suitably qualified providers to deliver a Children & Young People's Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex and Thurrock\. This service is being commissioned by Herts and West Essex ICB as the lead commissioner on behalf of the county and in conjunction with Mid & South Essex integrated Care Board and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board as associate commissioners\. The Crisis Support Service provides therapeutic support, based on the provision such as the trauma-informed attachment focussed therapy model, as an example\. This will enable parents and carers to adopt and maintain a therapeutic parenting approach\. The key outcomes of the service are to: - Alleviate the stress of social isolation, concerns about managing a CYP with emotional, anxiety or other non-MH crisis related issues - Support families who are worried, exhausted about their CYP - Reduce attendances at A&E for crisis - Reduce the negative impact of life stressors on family life - Impact measurements for each family The full scope of the services to be delivered are contained within the Invitation to Tender pack which can be found within the e-Tendering portal\. The total maximum contract value of the 3-year period is £621,339 \(excl\. VAT\)\. This is the total on which the financial evaluation will be based\. The total aggregate value of the contract, including potential extensions of up to 2-years is £1,035,565 \(excl\. VAT\)\. During the life of the contract The Authority may bring in additional services up to a max total aggregate contract value of £1,800,000 \(inclusive of VAT, or £1,500,000 exclusive of VAT\)\. The requirement to which this ITT relate, fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 \(as amended The Public Procurement \(Amendment etc\.\) \(EU Exit\) Regulations 2020\) \(the "Regulations"\)\. Neither the inclusion of the Bidder Selection Stage nor the use of the terms Invitation to Tender Process Overview, Invitation to Tender, or Invitation to Tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations \(the "Light Touch" Regime\)\. Additional information: Interested providers can access the full tender documentation free of charge via the Attain Bravo Solution e-tendering portal\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76a0169e-bdbe-45b2-ba75-ab402efc98e5-611559)