Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Drayton High Road, Norwich
Norwich
NR6 5BE
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH1 - East Anglia
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Norwich:-Health-services./5G9AE7B5HC
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/5G9AE7B5HC
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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
Children and Young People (11-17) Specialist Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Service, and Neurodevelopment Disorder Referral Backlog Screening in Suffolk (excluding Waveney)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, on behalf of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is seeking a qualified and capable service partner to provide specialist Children and Young People (11-17) Autism Assessments and Diagnosis Services, and Children and Young People (11-17) Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD) assessments in Suffolk (excluding Waveney).
This tender will be run using two lots, with bidders able to tender for one, or both lots (based on capability and capacity). Full details of the requirement are covered in the relevant service specifications, listed in the tender pack (link below).
For screening 1800 screens must be completed within 12 weeks of the agreed contract start date.
For assessments, 150 assessments must be completed within 6 months of the agreed contract start date.
Please note that the deadline for tender submissions is 12:00 on Monday, 5th August 2024 (not the deadline listed in section IV.2.2)
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £340,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
one, both, or all lots.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Children and Young People (11-17) Specialist Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Services
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH1 - East Anglia
Main site or place of performance
East Anglia
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Service is to be provided for children and young people between the ages of 11 up to 18th birthday who have been identified as requiring an ASD assessment by a professional referral i.e., GP, School, SENCo.
Service description and care pathway
The service is for Children and Young People aged 11- 17 who require an autism assessment following primary care pre assessment screening and referral.
• The service will provide a comprehensive needs led Autism assessment and diagnosis where indicated followed by a report and signposting for support for patients.
• Empower the patient and family to understand their needs. This will include VCSE and SEN needs identified and recommendations i.e., psycho- educational advice given about the identified need and how the family can start to get the need supported.
• A multi-disciplinary needs led assessment based on review of EHCP, educational psychology assessment, other professional reports i.e., OT/SLT. Gaining information from the school environment. Meet with parent and child to complete assessment while considering differential diagnosis.
• For patient identified as autistic provide the diagnosis and identify the unmet needs and recommend how these can be supported.
• Patients identified with additional needs i.e., mental health or other neurodevelopmental presenting difficulties to complete an onward referral and/or signposting as appropriate.
• For patients who are not diagnosed with autism signpost to resources to for their unmet needs identified in assessment such as making recommendations for the family and/or school to consider.
• Utilise evidence-based assessment tools and an approach that is grounded in evidence based best practice for the YP being assessed.
• To ensure communication is in place with the CYP, their family the GP and referrer where appropriate
Location of service delivered
The location of the service will be Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds with the provision of suitable clinical space provided by the provider of the service. This will include space to store essential materials and equipment, 2 clinic rooms per site with the capacity for 2 service users and 2 clinicians per room.
Service delivery hours of operation
The service will operate at least Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm with weekend flexibility to meet user’s needs.
Standards and guidance
The service will comply with all relevant national standards and recommendations as detailed in.
• The Autism Act 2009
• National Strategy for autistic children, young people, and adults, 2021
• Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: recognition, referral, and diagnosis Clinical guideline [CG128] Published: 28 September 2011 Last updated: 20 December 2017
• NICE guideline [NG197] Shared decision-making learning package, June 2021
• NHS England national framework to deliver improved
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £260,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
6
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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) Description
two.2.1) Title
Neurodevelopment Disorder Referral Backlog in Suffolk (excluding Waveney)
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH1 - East Anglia
Main site or place of performance
East Anglia
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Service description and care pathway
The service is for Children and Young People aged 0- 18yrs who have been referred for a NDD assessment following primary care pre assessment screening and referral.
• The service will provide a clinical review of patient referral information and comprehensive screening of referrals based on ICD-11 criteria to identify if ASD or ADHD or both are indicated to be assessed. Clinically appropriate patients considering other developmental/differential factors that may be influencing current need will then be passed to an assessment service.
• Empower the patient and family to understand their needs via the outcome letter. This will include VCSE and SEN needs identified and recommendations i.e., psycho- educational advice given about the identified need and how the family can start to get the need supported if ASD or ADHD not identified.
• Screening based on review of referral form and supporting information ie EHCP, educational psychology assessment, other professional reports i.e., OT/SLT. Contact with school/ parent and child / referrer if further information required to make the assessment while considering differential diagnosis.
• Children and young people identified with additional needs i.e. mental health, learning difficulties or other neurodevelopmental presenting difficulties to complete an onward referral and/or signposting as appropriate.
• For patients who are not identified as requiring ASD/ADHD assessment signpost to resources for their unmet needs identified in assessment such as making recommendations for the family and/or school to consider.
• To identify if the CYP is requiring an ASD or ADHD or both assessments. To provide a clinical rationale as to which assessment is needed. If both are needed, to identify which presentation is most prominent and should happen first. To inform the referrer, copy to GP and family, and NSFT of the screening outcome (including rationale for assessment or why an assessment is not indicated).
• To signpost to other services such as educational support or assessment, mental health support, family-based support when this is indicated, for both those accepted and not accepted for an assessment.
• To alert the local authority, referrer, family and NSFT to any identified safeguarding concerns. To take responsibility for making any safeguarding referrals to the Suffolk County Council. To clearly document all processes followed, copied to NSFT and GP.
• To use professionally registered clinicians knowledgeable and experienced in the presentation of social communication, learning/educational, mental health, systemic/familial and sensory needs of people with and without NDD.
• For screening clinicians to routinely have access to appropriate supervision and wider discussion with other clinicians when needed.
• The service will follow the highest standards of data protection and data governance to ensure data confidentiality and security.
• Utilise evidence-based screening tools
• To ensure communication is in place with the CYP, their family, the GP and referrer where appropriate.
• The service will have the capacity to screen 1800 referrals within 12 weeks of start of contract
Location of service delivered.
The location of the service will be Suffolk with the provision of suitable space provided by the provider of the service (OR a virtual offer) and will operate at least Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm with weekend flexibility to meet user’s needs.
Standards and guidance
The service will comply with all relevant national standards and recommendations as detailed in the service specification.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £72,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
3
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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
To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5G9AE7B5HC
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
7 August 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
7 August 2024
Local time
12:01pm
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure
Please note that the deadline for tender submissions is 12:00 on Monday, 5th August 2024 (not the deadline listed in section IV.2.2)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Norwich:-Health-services./5G9AE7B5HC
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
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GO Reference: GO-202478-PRO-26835377
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom