Provision of Educational Psychologist Services
A Contract Award Notice
by CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- 2M-2M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 05 Jan 2022
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
North West England: Cheshire East
1 buyer
- Cheshire East Council Sandbach
14 suppliers
- DR Helen Regan Psychology Wolverhampton
- Vahey Associates York
- Sheelagh Mchugh Davenham
- Wendy Rydzkowski Psychology Warrington
- Aspire Educational Psychology Services Preston
- Murray Psychology County Durham
- Plumanicca Psychology Lanarkshire
- DR LJ Kirven Derbyshire
- Psychology 360 Leicestershire
- Psychology Share South Humberside
- Siobhan Ohagan Psychology Cheshire
- Hobson Psychology Chester
- DR Rachael King Northwich
- Juliett Prescott Macclesfield
Description
Service contract for Provision of Educational Psychologist Services
Total Quantity or Scope
Locum Educational Psychologists are required to complete bespoke psychological assessments contributing to the Council's statutory duties in relation to Education, Health and Care Plans. Professional application of bespoke psychological services to fulfil some aspect of the Council's statutory duties relating to EHCNAs towards decision making around issuing EHCPs. Work involved: Consultation, observation, administering a range of psychological assessments (where feasible), interpretation and analysis of data, identifying and outlining objectives and recommendations. Liaising with setting, parents / carers and other services to co-ordinate and support where deemed helpful in the course of their reportage. Work commissioned is bespoke pieces of assessment. Additional information: There is a national shortage of EPs. It is therefore incredibly difficult to locate and commission suitably qualified and experienced EPs and Locum EPs. The Council is implementing a number of parallel strategies that will reduce the level of Needs Assessments and external resource over this 5 year period.
Award Detail
| 1 | DR Helen Regan Psychology (Wolverhampton)
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| 2 | Vahey Associates (York)
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| 3 | Sheelagh Mchugh (Davenham)
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| 4 | Wendy Rydzkowski Psychology (Warrington)
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| 5 | Aspire Educational Psychology Services (Preston)
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| 6 | Murray Psychology (County Durham)
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| 7 | Plumanicca Psychology (Lanarkshire)
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| 8 | DR LJ Kirven (Derbyshire)
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| 9 | Psychology 360 (Leicestershire)
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| 10 | Psychology Share (South Humberside)
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| 11 | Siobhan Ohagan Psychology (Cheshire)
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| 12 | Hobson Psychology (Chester)
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| 13 | DR Rachael King (Northwich)
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| 14 | Juliett Prescott (Macclesfield)
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Renewal Options
Initial 2 year contracts offered with 3 x 12 month options to extend. Up to 5 years in total, should extensions be exercised.
Award Criteria
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CPV Codes
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Indicators
- Options are available.
Legal Justification
The regulation being relied upon is regulation 32(b)(ii), (iii) e.g. where: • Competition is absent for technical reasons e.g. no reasonable alternative • substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** There are 14 contracts to date to be agreed/updated. Depending on extensions taken up or not subject to resource being available, over time, there may be additional EP's commissioned under this VEAT to the max value of £2.5m over the full potential 5 year period.
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03043e
- FTS 000152-2022