Parent Infant Psychological Therapy Services

This is a Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Intended Approach Notice. This notice is subject to Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

For the avoidance of doubt, this is not a procurement via Procurement Act 23 or Public Contract Regulations 2015. West Sussex County Council is releasing this Intended Approach Notice as per the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) using the Most Suitable Provider route.

As per schedule 5 under Regulation 10 of the PSR, please see the following information below: WSCC is intending to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process to award a contract.

The contract title: Parent Infant Psychological Therapy Service. The contract reference: I-89168.

The aim is to procure a Specialist parent-infant psychological therapy service for expectant parents and parents with children aged 0-2 years living in West Sussex. Due to the specialist nature of the service, all practitioners delivering therapeutic interventions must hold appropriate professional qualifications and, where applicable, maintain registration with a relevant professional or regulatory body.

They should also be experienced in delivering specialist parent-infant psychological therapy in both group and one-to-one settings. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intended approach notice under the PSR.

Project reference: I-89168 Project title: Parent Infant Psychological Therapy Service - Most Suitable Provider process

This PSR MSP Intended Approach Notice will be published on 27 October 2026 and will be open to representations until 12pm, 10 November 2026. Additional information: This PSR MSP Intended Approach Notice will be published on 27 October2026 and will be open until 12pm, 10 November 2026.

This notice is published by West Sussex County Council pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 as notice of its intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process. The requirement concerns the procurement of Parent Infant Psychological Therapy Services.

The proposed contract term is 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2027. The total contract value is £20,000.

West Sussex County Council considers the MSP process appropriate because Direct Award Processes A, B and C do not apply. The likely provider who has been identified by WSCC has committed £5,000 from their own charitable resources to this project and has worked with a local nursery provider to secure an additional £5,000 of resource should they be awarded this provision.

This notice is being published for at least 14 calendar days before assessment of providers against the key criteria. Any provider not presently known to West Sussex County Council that believes it is capable of delivering these services may ask to be considered as a potential provider.

In accordance with the Provider Selection Regime, West Sussex County Council will assess likely providers against the five mandatory key criteria and the basic selection criteria. The key criteria to be applied in order of importance to this procurement are:

Quality and innovation 2. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 3.

Value 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 5. Social value