Adult Autism Assessment Service

Concepts

• autism
• health and social work
• birmingham
• adult autism assessment service
• adult autism assessment service.the
• accessible nice compliant autism assessment
• diagnostic service
• adults
• timely remote diagnostic autism assessments
• adult autism assessments

Location

West Midlands:

Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU, on behalf of NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering an Adult Autism Assessment Service.The key objectives of the Procurement are:• To procure an effective and accessible NICE compliant autism assessment and diagnostic service for adults with suspected autism, delivered remotely by appropriately skilled health professionals.• To secure a Provider able to take ownership and responsibility for the existing ICB referral waiting list for adult autism assessments, ensuring that assessments are completed for these patients. • To secure a Provider able to triage and effectively manage the existing ICB waiting list and new autism assessment referrals received directly from primary care/GPs. • To secure a Provider with sufficient capability and capacity to deliver timely remote diagnostic autism assessments to patients in line with NICE guidance.

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU, on behalf of NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express interest in delivering an Adult Autism Assessment Service.The key objectives of the Procurement are:• To procure an effective and accessible NICE compliant autism assessment and diagnostic service for adults with suspected autism, delivered remotely by appropriately skilled health professionals.• To secure a Provider able to take ownership and responsibility for the existing ICB referral waiting list for adult autism assessments, ensuring that assessments are completed for these patients. • To secure a Provider able to triage and effectively manage the existing ICB waiting list and new autism assessment referrals received directly from primary care/GPs. • To secure a Provider with sufficient capability and capacity to deliver timely remote diagnostic autism assessments to patients in line with NICE guidance. Providers are requested to submit their completed tender by 1200hrs on Monday, 6th February 2023. The contract shall be for an initial period of three (3) years with an option to extend for a further two (2) years at the sole discretion of the commissioner.The Procurement Process is described within the documentation published. This Procurement has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the “Regulations”) to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (also known as the “Light Touch Regime”).You can search for this opportunity by using reference C118181 "Adult Autism Assessment Services" and going to the following address: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Bidders should note that the FTS notice infers a higher annual value than the proposed cost envelope in the tender documents of £4.2m,with a total contract value set at £5.2m. This is because the value on the FTS notice includes a nominal allowance of up to £1m for the clearance of any existing or future backlogs which may build up for which the Commissioner may, from time to time, request the successful bidder to provide extra capacity for. Bidders should note that the Commissioner is not bound, nor are they under any obligation to spend the £1m nominal allowance and that some or all of the nominal allowance will only be discharged to the successful provider in the event that such extra funds as will allow this become available to the Commissioner during the life of the contract. The Commissioner offers the successful bidder no guarantee or warranty that this shall be the case. The Commissioner, in the event that they are able to discharge some or all of the nominal allowance, expects that the successful bidder will either provide this extra capacity themselves or sub-contract it, having assured themselves that any such sub-contractor is able to meet the same standards to those described in their submitted tender documentation. Bidders should seek to provide relevant details of any intended sub-contractors where requested to do so within their tender submission.