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Published 17 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ENHT, HCT - Diagnostic Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Official notice

Authority: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (“ENHT") and the Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust ("HCT") (together "the Authorities") have a backlog of children on their clinic lists who require an Autism Diagnostic Assessment.

The Authorities are working with the Herts Wide CCG to outsource most of these patients in an effort to reduce the waiting times for an assessment and to enable the implementation of a new diagnostic process. As such, the Authorities are seeking proposals from appropriately qualified companies who can take on the outstanding assessments to assist with clearing the backlog.

The Authorities are seeking a value for money, high quality service that will be responsive to the needs of the client. Robust contract management and good effective liaison with the Authorities' key contacts will be required.

Contracts are anticipated to go live in July 2021 and will run until the backlog of assessments is completed. It is expected that the contract term will be less than a year.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Supplier will be required to carry out Autism Diagnostic Assessments on the cohort…Published value£1,000,000

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 Authorities, at the scale required and within the timeframes of delivery.

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.

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, as well as a copy of the final report to the ENHT and HCT Community Paediatrics teams for their records.

The Supplier will provide monthly updates in a format agreed by the Authorities, 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.

The Supplier shall performance monitor its 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 Authorities should it be required, and all reports must be provided in the manner prescribed and in accordance with GDPR legislation, to ensure that the Authorities are able to access data as and when required.

Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update
17 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
T/03-21/1034
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013823
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Jul 2021, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Jun 2021 → 19 Jul 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    17 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2021, 12:01 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, East of England, SG1 4ABContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.