Official UK procurement notice
ENHT & HCT - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessments
Authority: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process.<br/><br/>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) and East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) have a backlog of children who require an Autism diagnostic assessment.<br/>The Trusts are working with the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board to outsource some of these children and young people (CYP) in an effort to reduce their waiting time for an assessment and to enable the implementation of a revised diagnostic pathway.<br/>As such, the Trusts have undergone a compliant tender process to award an appropriately qualified company who can complete assessments for CYP over 5 years to assist with the backlog and provide ongoing assessments as required. The Trusts have sought a value for money, high quality service that will be responsive to the needs of the client.<br/>The opportunity is broken down into 4 lots; 2 for each Trust. Two lots require that the provider must have Consultant Paediatricians/Paediatricians as part of the team.<br/>It is expected that the assessments will be a combination of face to face and virtual assessments (face to face only for 5- and 6-year-olds).<br/>Robust contract management and good effective liaison with the Trust’s key contact will be required.<br/>The contract is anticipated to go live summer of 2024 and it is expected that the contract term will be for one year with the option to extend for a further +1 + 1 years.<br/><br/>Throughout the process it was stated the Trusts reserve the right to award a contract to more than one supplier to meet the capacity demands either at the tender stage or thereafter and that the Trusts would place orders with the most economically viable bidder(s) and their ability to meet the capacity required within each lot.<br/>No assurances were given from either Trust to any provider that they will get any number of orders or guaranteed a minimum or maximum value of orders.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive processAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process.<br/><br/>The Supplier will be required to carry out Autism diagnostic assessments on the cohort of children that is provided to them on behalf of the Trusts, at the scale required and within the timeframes of delivery.<br/>The Supplier will be required to outline where the assessments will take place, whether these will these be face to face Autism diagnostic assessments or virtual.<br/>The Supplier will be an expert provider of NICE compliant Autism Diagnostic assessments and will be familiar with all methods and diagnostic tools used. Part of the service will include providing feedback and a completed report to the parents and child/young person, as well as a copy of the final report to the family GP and HCT or ENHT Community Paediatrics team for their records.<br/>The Supplier will provide monthly updates in a format agreed by the Trusts, reporting on completed assessments, summarising the number of children diagnosed, those who have not attended their appointment and those whose assessment has resulted in a non-diagnosis.<br/>The Supplier shall performance monitor their activities/ services to demonstrate that the Services are achieved and where not achieved the extent of any shortfall is identified, reported and acted upon. Detailed supporting information will be made available to the Trusts should it be required, and all reports must be provided in the manner prescribed and in accordance with GDPR legislation, to ensure that the Trusts are able to access data as and when required.<br/>Upon contract engagement, each of the Trusts will undertake 5 Quality Assurance Assessments to assure standards of assessments and clinical reporting.<br/><br/>This is an existing service and provider.<br/>The service duration is not set and will depend upon the number of CYP cases needing assessment.<br/><br/>Approximate lifetime value of the contract: £0-£750,000. Additional information: The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents.
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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).
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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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Feb 2024, 15:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jun 2024, 17:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
C249206- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018531- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043c97Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23:59pm Wednesday 26th June 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent via the Message Centre on the Atamis Portal.<br/><br/>Award Decision-makers: 5 key Trust stakeholders<br/>Conflicts of interest identified among the Trust stakeholders: 0.<br/>As there were not conflicts all members evaluated the bids received.<br/><br/>The supplier provided the most economically advantageous solution.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Mar 2024, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
25 Mar 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline25 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Mar 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts3 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published14 Jun 2024, 17:24 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Jun 2024, 17:24 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Owl Centre Limited | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018531-2024-1 · The Owl Centre Limited
- Signed
- 14 Jun 2024
- Value
- £500,000
- Period
- … – 2 Jun 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23bids · 23 electronic · 23 from abroad | 23 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East & North Hertfordshire NHS TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Owl Centre LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.