Children & Young People's Therapeutic Health Based Coaching - Essex wide

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice and is published to provide notice of the intention of the Contracting Authorities (as named within this notice) to award a contract to N.O.W is the Time for Change (NOW) for Children and Young People's Therapeutic Health Based Coaching across the Essex county footprint. NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) are the lead commissioner for the service. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) and NHS Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) will be associates to the contract. On 3rd February 20023, a procurement process was launched to identify a supplier to deliver the services. A contract was not awarded at the end of this process and therefore, to ensure continuity of care for patients, an emergency short-term contract was awarded to NOW as the incumbent supplier (reference: 2023/S 000-016932). This contract began on 1st April 2023 and is due to expire on 31st March 2024. HWE ICB are now intending to award a further contract to NOW to continue to deliver the services. This contract will start on 1st April 2024 and will end on 31st March 2027 with the option to extend for a further 2-years to 31st March 2029. The total cumulative spend until March 2024 will be £1,253,302 (excluding VAT and excluding the value of the proposed new contract). The value of the new contract for a period of 3-years is £1,220,400 (£406,800 p/a excluding VAT) and may rise to £2,034,000 (excluding VAT) if the optional extension is enacted.