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title: "Children and Young People's Autism and ADHD Assessment Waiting List Initiative"
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# Children and Young People's Autism and ADHD Assessment Waiting List Initiative

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-autism-and-adhd-assessment-waiting-list-initiative-ocds-h6vhtk-050057). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board: "Children and Young People's Autism and ADHD Assessment Waiting List Initiative". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board-nhs-qhm)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £300,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050057`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-autism-and-adhd-assessment-waiting-list-initiative-ocds-h6vhtk-050057#tl-md)

## Description
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award.
The recent increased unanticipated demand for this service provision has coincided with unforeseeable challenges in relation to recruitment and retention of workforce, as well as a greater request for diagnosis to be sought to support access to education and social provision. This increase has seen demand outstrip capacity across the NENC ICB regional footprint, resulting in the need to work with other non-NHS partners and providers of Autism and ADHD Assessment Services to address the long waits which exist in some localities.
Therefore, in line with Regulation 14 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023,
The Owl Centre will work with the existing NHS commissioned Autism and ADHD Assessment and Diagnosis Services (and ICB commissioners) to identify the cohort of children and young people who will be offered the following;
(i)advice & support,
(ii)assessment and diagnosis for Autism and or ADHD management interventions (including Psychological Education for post ADHD diagnosis) 
(iii)medication - initiation, titration, stabilisation, treatment and care
in order to address the current waiting list.
Regulation 14 has been applied because the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the relevant authority.
Regulation 14 has been applied because delaying the award of the contract would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety.
Details of individual making decisions:
Chief Delivery Officer NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
There were no conflicts of interest identified
This award may include future modifications to increase activity and value.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 014199-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The OWL Centre**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-7880303`
  - Value: £300,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 014199-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £300,000
  - Signed Date: 25/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017204-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-28T09:05:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T11:56:30.818Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050057