Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service
Unit 10 Phoenix Court, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Contact
ROD SKINNER
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House Parkway Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL8 6JL
Contact
R Skinner
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH35 - West Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Aspen House Stephenson Road Severalls Business Park
Colchester
CO4 9QR
Contact
R Skinner
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH14 - Suffolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
19 Market Rd
Chelmsford
CM1 1GG
Contact
R Skinner
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Southend-On-Sea City Council
8th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Ave
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6ER
Contact
R Skinner
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Council
Civic Offices, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
R Skinner
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH32 - Thurrock
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service
Reference number
ACE-0689-2023-MSE
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is intended to provide confirmation of an awarded contract for an Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service providing specialist autism support to autistic individuals of all ages, across the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) footprint of Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET).
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: £8,153,500
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
Main site or place of performance
Southend, Essex and Thurrock.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is intended to provide confirmation of an awarded contract for an Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service providing specialist autism support to autistic individuals of all ages, across the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) footprint of Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET).
The contract is for 4 years from 1st May 2024 to 30th April 2028, with an option to extend for a further two years until 30th April 2030.
The value of this 4-year contract is ££4,769,000. This will increase to £8,153,500 if the option to extend is utilised. Both values are exclusive of VAT.
The Authority invited suitably qualified service providers to submit tenders for the provision of an Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service across the East of England Region.
The Service will aim to achieve the ambitions of Building the Right Support and the NHS Long Term Plan by reducing the number of avoidable admissions of autistic people to tier 4 and inpatient services and improving the quality of life and care of autistic people in both inpatient services and the community. It will consist of a ‘core offer’ for Children, Young People and Adults as well as crisis offer for Children and Young People.
The service will be expected to work with individuals, across a variety of settings, as well as supporting their families and offering consultation to other professionals/services to support the understanding of the individual’s needs ‘through an autism lens’. The service will also be expected to offer hands on, practical support to implement its recommendations, with a more intensive offer of this support for children and young people forming a ‘crisis offer’. Engagement with individuals and their families tell us the importance of support being ‘for autistic people, by autistic people’, and there will be an expectation that that lived experience is held at the centre of the service’s offer and values, employing individuals with lived experience to enhance the support offered.
Areas of support will include:
The type of support the service will be expected to provide includes:
• Support with understanding and managing sensory processing issues
• Providing adapted psychological therapies to meet the needs of the individuals accessing support (this may include art, play, music, and animal therapy)
• Support individuals with understanding their identity (in relation to autism, neurodiversity, sexuality, and gender etc.)
• Autism specialist strategies and skill development around issues such as, but not limited to, executive functioning, problem solving, communication, relationships, socialising, behaviour, and sleep.
• Peer to peer support (for individuals and their families) to offer advice and knowledge from a lived experience perspective.
• Joint working with other teams/service to support the better understanding of an individual’s needs ‘through an autism lens’- this may include, but isn’t limited to, CAMHS teams, adult mental health teams and eating disorder teams etc.
• Offer consultation and development support to other teams/services to improve their understanding of autism, ultimately resulting in a better experience and outcomes for autistic people accessing those services.’
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further two years
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
A 10-day voluntary standstill period was observed by the Authority prior to entering into the contract.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-021612
Section five. Award of contract
Title
All Age Autism Outreach Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
HCRG Care Services Limited
The Heath Business and Technical Park
Runcorn
WA7 4QX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £8,153,500
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Unit 10 Phoenix Court, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom