Official UK procurement notice
Autism Assessment Service for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and pathway coordination for Children & Young People
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAutism Assessment Service for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and pathway coordination for Children and Young People.
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice to inform the market that NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB is directly awarding a 12 month contract, with the incumbent provider, Clinical Partners Ltd.
The contract award will start 1st April 2023 and expire 31st March 2024.
The Provider has had a small historic contract with Knowsley place to manage a small number of children awaiting assessment, however during the COVID period there has been a significant increase in demand and backlog/waiting list and also as a result of the Joint Area SEND Inspection, Cheshire & Merseyside ICB has had to urgently address this significant waiting list to avoid any potential harm due to extended delays in assessments as part of a requested Written Statement of Action.
This award without competition is to ensure service continuity whilst pending development of wider system approaches for provision of neurodevelopment assessment and co-ordination are developed.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015
This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015.
It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations
detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is
not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure
without prior publication.
32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting
authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works
contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following
cases:-
(c)insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by
events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted
procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. Additional information: Contract Start Date: 1st April 2023
Contract End Date: 31st March 2024
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2023, 13:53 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2023, 13:53 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-030294- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040be7Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive; Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015.
It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations
detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is
not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure
without prior publication.
32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting
authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works
contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following
cases:-
(c)insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by
events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted
procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Partners Ltd | £2,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030294-2023-1 · Clinical Partners Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2023
- Value
- £2,400,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clinical Partners LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.