Brief Description |
The Live Well Leeds community based mental health contract is due to expire on 31/3/25 following a 5 year contract and an additional 1 year contract variation. The service has an annual value in 2024/25 of £1,026,000.
Use of the Provider Selection Regime is being requested to make a direct award to Touchstone to deliver Live Well Leeds, a community based mental health service for a 5 year contract with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years.
The budget for 2025/26 will incorporate a further 5% reduction in line with savings being sought by the Authority making the annual contract value £974,700. |
Impact On Wards |
The service will continue to be delivered across the whole of the City. |
Financial and procurement implications |
In line with the wider financial savings being sought by the Authority there will be a reduction in contract value of 5% for the recommissioning of this service making the annual value £974,700. The maximum cost for the 5 year contract period 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2030 is £4,873,500. |
Partnership working |
From year 1 of the contract there has been annual funding injections from Children’s Services for Live Well Leeds to deliver mental health support in the 3 Early Help Hubs. For 2024/25 this is a total of £138,896. It is envisaged that this funding will continue but it is not yet known at what level as it is funded from central government grants.
For the first 5 years of the contract (2019 – 2024) the ICB contributed an annual amount of £109,645 to deliver a befriending service. This funding ceased in March 2024 as part of wider ICB financial savings. The service adjusted their service offer for 2024/25 to take account of this. |
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Financial Impact>£500K;
Decision status: For Determination
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 27/06/2024
Decision due: July 2024 by Director of Adults and Health
Lead director: Director of Adults and Health
Department: Adult and Health
Contact: Aidan Smith, Commissioning and Contracts Officer 0113 378 7856 Email: aidan.smith@leeds.gov.uk.
Consultation process
A comprehensive consultation process with service users, partners, staff and volunteers took place over summer 2024 to inform the future service model.
Consultees
Live Well Leeds strategic partners; organisations that deliver through the delivery network partnership, service users, staff and volunteers, grant applicants.