Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing contracts
Case reference FOI2024/00972
Received 31 May 2024
Published 25 June 2024
Request
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing contracts.
The details we require are:
• What mental health and emotional wellbeing contracts/services do you currently commission or deliver in house?
• If commissioned, how was the contract commissioned? Please confirm if it was direct award or via a formal procurement process.
• Please can you confirm the supplier/provider of each of these mental health and emotional wellbeing services/contracts?
• Please can you confirm the annual and total contract values of each of these contracts/services?
• Please can you confirm the start date & duration of each of these contracts?
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when these contracts were last advertised?
• Within these services, do you use a keyworker model for delivery?
• Please can you confirm if there is an extension clause in each of these contracts and, if so, the duration of the extension?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether each of these contracts is being either extended, direct awarded or recommissioned? And if so what is the decision?
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for each of these contracts?
• Are there any planned market engagement events for each of these contracts if they are being recommissioned?
• Are there any new mental health and emotional wellbeing contracts you intend to commission in the next 36 months that have already been confirmed/given permission to proceed?
Response
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing contracts.
The details we require are:
• What mental health and emotional wellbeing contracts/services do you currently commission or deliver in house?
A: Herefordshire Intensive Placement Support Service (Safe Connections) – Wrap around emotional psychological support for children in care.
• If commissioned, how was the contract commissioned? Please confirm if it was direct award or via a formal procurement process.
A: Open procurement process in line with contract procurement regulations
• Please can you confirm the supplier/provider of each of these mental health and emotional wellbeing services/contracts?
A: Meadows Psychology Services (MPS)
• Please can you confirm the annual and total contract values of each of these contracts/services?
A: Annual contract value: £399,799
Full contract value (5 years): £1,998,995
• Please can you confirm the start date & duration of each of these contracts?
A: 01/04/2024 – 3 year contract with option to extend for a further 2 years
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when these contracts were last advertised?
A: Please see attached.
• Within these services, do you use a keyworker model for delivery?
A: Depending on the type and length of intervention a keyworker model may be used
• Please can you confirm if there is an extension clause in each of these contracts and, if so, the duration of the extension?
A: The existing contract is for 3 years with the potential to extend the contract for a further 2 years.
• Has a decision been made yet on whether each of these contracts is being either extended, direct awarded or recommissioned? And if so what is the decision?
A: The current contract only commenced on 1st April 2024 so will not be reviewed before March 2027
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for each of these contracts?
A: Kayte Thompson-Dixon (Head of Community Commissioning and Resources, Community Wellbeing)
• Are there any planned market engagement events for each of these contracts if they are being recommissioned?
A: No
• Are there any new mental health and emotional wellbeing contracts you intend to commission in the next 36 months that have already been confirmed/given permission to proceed?
A: No
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