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Published 24 Aug 2021, 14:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Autism Assessment and Diagnostic Framework Agreement

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)
Framework ceiling (notional)£5,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 30 Sept 2021awarded 2 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council wishes to establish a multi supplier framework agreement for the provision of Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Services. The framework will be for 5 years from October 2021, with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years; subject to agreement of Norfolk County Council with the service providers. Full details of the requirement can be found in the Service Specification, which forms a Schedule to the Terms and Conditions.

  • Recurrence: The Framework may be opened for new providers periodically subject to demand.

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 50 suppliers · 7 bids received (0.1 per place) · 6 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Norfolk County Council have established a multi supplier framework agreement for the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,000,000

Norfolk County Council have established a multi supplier framework agreement for the provision of Autism Assessment and Diagnosis. The framework will be for 5 years from October 2021, with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years; subject to agreement of Norfolk County Council with the service providers. The Council is subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and will be carrying out this procurement in accordance with the Light Touch Regime which applies to social services. We reserve the right to update the Framework Agreement and all schedules or to add new lots where requirements have not been identified at the outset of this Framework. If we update any documents or add new lots in this way, we will issue a notice to all Providers already on the Framework stating that a new specification/lot is available and give all Providers already on the Framework an opportunity to state whether they wish to provide the new requirement.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The Framework Agreement may be opened periodically for new providers subject to demand. Please note the value of £5000000 is based on the current annual budget. The actual value will only be determined by need.Variant bids: not allowed
85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: 0
What this means for your bid
  • “Autism Assessment and Diagnostic Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 50 suppliers, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · The Framework may be opened for new providers periodically subject to demand.
First published
24 Aug 2021, 14:46 BST
Last source update
15 Jun 2022, 15:57 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
2022/S 000-003016
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016452
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d8dd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: The value is an estimate based on the length of the framework agreement. The exact value will be determind by need.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
30 Sept 2021, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Sept 2021, 11:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

30 Sept 2021 → 15 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    30 Sept 2021, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 Sept 2021, 11:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    15 Jun 2022, 15:57 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Feb 2022, 15:35 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Textvalue · V2.4£50,000,000£5,000,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 6admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 75 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Feb 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Autism Diagnostic Framework Appointment to Framework

    Signed
    2 Feb 2022
    Value
    £50,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 1DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Norfolk County Council - Procurement DepartmentReview contact point Norwich

Framework contractors & participating bidders

6 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria