• What Mental Health and Well-being (MHWB) Contracts/services do you currently commission or deliver in house (with a specific focus on Children and Young People/Families)?
Devon County Council contributes to a Section 75 agreement for Therapeutic Wellbeing Service and Children in Care CAMHS, however we do not directly commission these.
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• Please can you confirm the supplier/provider of each of these MHWB services/contracts?
Section 75 (Therapeutic Wellbeing Service and Children in Care CAMHS) – Devon Partnership Trust
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• Please can you confirm the annual and total contract values of each of these contracts/services?
Section 75 (Therapeutic Wellbeing Service and Children in Care CAMHS) – £1.025 million
Ask Jan is not purchased under a framework contract. We therefore do not hold this information or the information for the subsequent questions below. We can, however, confirm that to date we have purchased 200 memberships at £60 per person – a total of £12,000.
• Please can you confirm the start date & duration of each of these contracts?
Children in Care CAMHS has been part of the Section 75 since April 2019.
Therapeutic Wellbeing Service has been part of the Section 75 since April 2024.
Specific contractual dates will be set by NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (NHS Devon ICB)
Ask Jan – Not applicable following our response above.
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when these contracts were last advertised?
We do not hold this information and it will be held by NHS Devon ICB.
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• Please can you confirm if there is an extension clause in each of these contracts and, if so, the duration of the extension?
We do not hold this information and it will be held by NHS Devon ICB.
Ask Jan – Not applicable following our response above.
• 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?
We do not hold this information and it will be held by NHS Devon ICB.
Ask Jan – Not applicable following our response above.
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for each of these contracts?
DCC contact – Yvonne Short, Service Manager Commissioning and Placements
ICB contact address – commissioning.mentalhealthteam@nhs.net
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• Are there any planned market engagement events for each of these contracts if they are being recommissioned?
We do not hold this information and it will be held by NHS Devon ICB.
Ask Jan – Not applicable following our response above.
• Are there any new MHWB contracts you intend to commission in the next 36 months that have already been confirmed/given permission to proceed?
No