Official UK procurement notice
Paediatric autism assessment capacity
Authority: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDue to a sustained increase in referral rates, demand for paediatric autism assessments now exceeds the Trust’s current service capacity. This has resulted in extended waiting times for patients requiring assessment. To address this backlog and improve timeliness of care, the Trust intends to procure additional capacity through the outsourcing of 88 autism assessments on a cost-and-volume basis. The Trust invites suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver these assessments.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£170,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality: 50%
- Integration: 10%
- Improving access reducing health inequalities: 5%
- Value: 25%
- Social Values: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality
- Social Values
- Value
- Integration
- Improving access reducing health inequalities
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Apr 2026, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 15:59 BST
- Authority reference
CA17712- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038764- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068d25Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
28 Apr 2026 → 18 May 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published180 days ago28 Apr 2026, 15:59 BST
- Clarification questions by172 days ago6 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Submission deadline170 days ago8 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Contract starts161 days ago18 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 Apr 2026, 15:59 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender