Official UK procurement notice
HCT - Occupational Therapy Assessments & Provision
Authority: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHertfordshire Community NHS Trust ("HCT") (the Authority") has a waiting list of children and young people that require Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.<br/><br/>HCT is working with the Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWEICB) and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to outsource most of these patients in an effort to reduce the waiting times for an assessment and interventions. As such, the Authorities are seeking proposals from appropriately qualified companies who can take on the outstanding assessments and interventions to assist with reducing the numbers of children and young people on the waiting list.<br/><br/>HCT is 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 HCT’s key contacts will be required.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Supplier will be required to carry out Occupational Therapy assessments and…RenewalPublished value£400,000
The Supplier will be required to carry out Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions on the cohort of children that is provided to them on behalf of HCT, at the scale required and within the timeframes of delivery.<br/><br/>Assessments and interventions will be expected to be primarily face to face, delivered in schools, clinics and homes. A small percentage can be virtual.<br/><br/>The Supplier will be an expert provider of NICE compliant Occupational Therapy assessments and evidenced based interventions. Interventions must follow the HCT model of delivery .<br/><br/>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 HCT Integrated Therapy teams for their records.<br/><br/>The Supplier will provide monthly updates in a format agreed by HCT, reporting on completed assessments, summarising the number of children seen and those who have not attended their appointment.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Detailed supporting information will be made available to HCT 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.<br/><br/>Contracts are anticipated to go live in January 2023 and will run until the agreed number of assessments and interventions is completed. It is expected that the contract term will be less than a year. <br/><br/>In the event of any bidders not being able to complete the required amount of assessments in the timeframe specified, HCT reserves the right to award to additional bidders in order to complete the assessments.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2022, 11:26 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2022, 11:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Oct 2022 – …
- Authority reference
C103267- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026500- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
22 Sept 2022 → 24 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published22 Sept 2022, 11:26 BST
- Submission deadline24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.