Award

Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals

  • NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-004485

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0438f5

Published 9 February 2024, 3:22pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA11QY

Contact

Ruth Waldron

Email

ruth.waldron@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 1512476439

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

QYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place intend to award a 3 year contract starting from 1 April 2024, to provider to deliver pre, during and post diagnostic support for children, young people with neurodevelopmental condition, their families and professionals in Liverpool. This is a non-clinical service and does not provide neurodevelopmental diagnoses.

The service works with a range of providers to deliver mental health and neurodevelopmental support to children, young people and families across the different levels of presenting need. It be destabilising to go out to competition due to the collaborative nature of the services in Liverpool.

The provider has also demonstrated excellent performance, proven value for money and that the services provided can prevent difficulties from escalating as well as providing accessible support to children, young people and families who are waiting for more specialist interventions.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £818,871

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD72 - Liverpool

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB - Liverpool Place intend to award a 3 year contract starting from 1 April 2024, to provider to deliver pre, during and post diagnostic support for children, young people with neurodevelopmental condition, their families and professionals in Liverpool. Annual contract value is £272,957 + NHS England uplift.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services

Explanation:

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT)Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section

7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.

General grounds

(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:

b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:

(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Title

Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

4 December 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC

54 St James Street

Liverpool

L1 0AB

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD72 - Liverpool
Companies House

08251733

Internet address

https://www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk/

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £818,871


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services

Explanation:

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section

7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.

General grounds

(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:

b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:

(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/