Contract award · 14 Mar 2025

Contract for the Provision of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Mental Health Service

Hertfordshire County Council awarded “Contract for the Provision of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Mental…” to Herts Mind Network Limited for £1.55m.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Hertfordshire County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,546,596
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date14 Mar 2025
  2. Published18 Mar 2025Published 4 days after the contract date

Description

Hertfordshire County Council has a requirement for a Mental Health Service commissioned as a community based, early intervention mental health and wellbeing support service for refugees & asylum seekers aged 16 and above. The service provides specialist, targeted and flexible support able to rapidly adapt to changing needs, limiting impact on mainstream mental health services. Effective referral arrangements are in place with Hertfordshire Foundation Partnership Trust (HPFT) for people with more complex support needs and there are well established referral pathways from other healthcare providers and community support organisations into Flourish. The Council is intending to award this contract to our existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR.) The contract will commence on 1st April 2025 until 31st March 2027, (with the option to extend for 1 year plus 1 year) The approximate life time value of this contract is stated in II.1.7 above a…

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