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Official UK procurement notice

HCT - Speech and Language Therapy assessments

Official notice

Authority: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£350,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Jul 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust ("HCT") (the Authority") has a backlog of children on their clinic lists that require Speech and Language Therapy assessments.

HCT is 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.

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.

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

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

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Supplier will be required to carry out Speech Language Therapy assessments on the…

The Supplier will be required to carry out Speech Language Therapy assessments on the cohort of children that is provided to them on behalf of HCT, 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 Speech and Language Therapy assessments or virtual.

The Supplier will be an expert provider of NICE compliant Speech and Language Therapy 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 HCT Community Paediatrics teams for their records.

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.

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 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.

Delivery: UK
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update
11 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
T/06-21/1076
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013278
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

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

Timeline

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Howard Court, 14 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1BW, Welwyn Garden City, UKContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.