Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Unit 10, Phoenix Court , Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
SS14 3HG
Contact
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk
Buyer's address
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board
Charter House Parkway
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 6JL
Contact
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://attain.bravosolution.co.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
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
19 Market Rd
Chelmsford
CM1 1GG
Contact
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Southend-On-Sea City Council
8th Floor, Civic Centre, Victoria Ave
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6ER
Contact
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Council
Civic Offices, New Road
Grays
RM17 6SL
Contact
Kevin Edwards
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH32 - Thurrock
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
The Authorty invites responses from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver
an All Age Autism Outreach Service (the Service) providing specialist autism support to
autistic individuals of all ages, across the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) footprint of
Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET), from 1st May 2024 to 30th April 2028, with an option
to extend for a further two years until 30th April 2030.
The potential aggregate value of the contract over the term may be up to £8,153,500
including the and potential (but in no way guaranteed) extension period and any
modifications over the life of the contract.
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The four-year contract value and actual budget is £4,769,000 (excluding the extension
period), which will act as an affordability envelope for the purposes of bidding. Any bids
received in excess of such affordability envelope will be rejected as non-compliant.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-035357
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
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II.2.4) Description
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The Authority invites responses from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver an All Age Autism Outreach Service (the Service) providing specialist autism support to autistic individuals of all ages, across the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) footprint of Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET), from 1st May 2024 to 30th April 2028, with an option to extend for a further two years un
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Areas of support will include:
-Sensory processing
-Identity (neurodiversity, gender, sexuality etc)
-Psychological interventions, adapted to make more accessible for autistic people.
-Practical support with things like executive functioning, communication, and skill
development
-Emotionally based school avoidance
-An understanding of and ability to provide consultation around eating disorders and
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
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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.’
seven.2) Other additional information
Slight amendment to the services expected to support.