Decision details

Approval of procurement strategy to procure CAMHS Contracts for 2023-26 via direct award

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children and Education (expired July 2024)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Direct award of CAMHS contracts to West London Trust for period of 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Children and Education:

 

1.         Approves the procurement strategy for the award of contracts 1-3 in Table 1 below by way of direct award.

 

Table 1 – CAMHS Contracts

Contract

Provider

Total Annual Value

1.         Community CAMHS (CCAMHS)

West London NHS Trust

£242,005

2.         Children Looked After CAMHS (CLA CAMHS)

West London NHS Trust

£194,925

3.         Intensive Therapeutic Behavioural Support Service (ITBSS)

West London NHS Trust

£90,666

4.         Kooth

Xenzone (funded via ICB)

£9,599

 

Total

£537,195

 

 

2.         Approves the award of these 3 contracts to the West London NHS Trust

 

3.         Approves the payment of the funding contribution set out above to Kooth via the ICB

 

4.         Approves the financial contribution for the jointly commissioned services above, as per Table 1 for a period of 24 months from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025, with the option to extend funding for a further 12 months until 31st March 2026.   The total value of the contracts over a 3-year period is £1,611,585.

Reasons for the decision:

The decision to direct award the contracts will enable the providers to continue to provide vital support to vulnerable children, young people and families.

 

Competition remains absent due to the extensive resources and specialised mental health expertise required to fulfil the volume of services the Council requires.

 

Alternative options considered:

Option 1: Agree to the financial contributions for the jointly funded commissioned services of the CAMHS provision as listed in Table 1 (Recommended)

 

Option 2: Do not agree the financial contributions for the jointly funded commissioned services of the CAMHS provision as listed in Table 1 (Not recommended)

 

Publication date: 11/04/2023

Date of decision: 23/03/2023

Effective from: 15/04/2023

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