CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Assessments

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Health Board is responsible for the delivery of Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic services to children and young people up to the age of 18 years old. This is currently delivered by a multidisciplinary team through a mixed method delivery of face to face and virtual clinics.

Due to a significant increase in demand, the Health Board is seeking to implement additional clinical resource to undertake appropriate diagnostic assessments for Neurodevelopmental conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The additional clinical resource will support in the clinical delivery of assessment to children and young people who have been waiting for assessment for over 2 years.

Preferably the additional clinical resource would deliver assessment activity through an appropriate digital platform, although delivery does not have to be limited to digital and appropriate face to face delivery will be acceptable.

Key Objectives - to include but not limited to:

-clinically led

-Be able to deliver Neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessments for conditions including ASD and ADHD

-Be able to complete a full diagnostic assessment within 4 weeks of the first assessment appointment

-Be staffed by appropriately qualified clinicians who adhere to recognised professional body standards with an appropriate level of practical experience. Staff must hold safeguarding level 3 certification and an enhanced DBS check

-Meet the standards of the current clinical evidence base for diagnostic assessment as outlined in NICE Guidance

-Allow for flexible access to assessment between 8am – 8pm to best meet the needs of CYP and their Parent/s Carers. If possible, services should be provided over the weekend.

- Be able to adhere to local policies and procedures, particularly in relation to safeguarding

-Mirror the core services in the management of DNAs and communication of these

-Have a clear clinical supervision model in place within an appropriate governance framework.

Key Outputs - to include but not limited to:

Diagnostic Assessments

-360 Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Assessments

-Assessing for ASD / ADHD or both as appropriate

-Assessments should be fully completed with outcome / diagnosis confirmed with the family within 4 weeks of the first assessment appointment

Assessments should commence no later than 6 weeks from the date the referral is accepted into your service.

All assessments should have commenced before the end of the 2024-2025 financial year.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146595

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Timescales for implementation

It would be expected that the delivery of assessments would commence no later than 4 weeks following the successful award of the contract and completion of relevant information governance requirements, following a period of set up and information sharing.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Recipients are invited to complete the Tender and to submit it, together with any requested supporting information, to the Contracting Authority by the due date for return in accordance with the procedures set out in the Tender documentation.

In response to the Invitation to Tender, Bidders are required to complete the three questionnaires (Qualification, Technical and Commercial) within the Bravo E-tender Portal according to the requirements stipulated. Bidders must answer all questions marked as ‘mandatory’ in the ITT and also must provide any information requested within the tender documents. Failure to provide the required information may result in your tender response

Bidders should answer all questions as accurately and concisely as possible in the same order as the questions are presented.

Failure to provide the required information, make a satisfactory response to any question, or supply documentation referred to in responses, within the specified timescale, will mean that a Bidder’s submission will be scored accordingly and may mean that a Bidder is excluded from the process. In the event that none of the responses are deemed satisfactory, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to terminate the procurement and where appropriate re-advertise the procurement.

Bidders must be explicit and comprehensive in their responses to the Tender as this will be the single source of information on which responses will be scored. Bidders are advised neither to make any assumptions about their past or current supplier relationships (if any) with the Contracting Authority nor to assume that such prior business relationships will be taken into account in the evaluation procedure, unless they are (1) expressly referenced in the appropriate section of the Tender and (2) relevant to the question being answered.

For clarity, bidders are required to complete and submit a number of documents as a part of their tender submission.

Please see tender pack included in this ITT for full instructions and information in relation to bidding in this tender.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Please note additional information on this procurement:

1. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering

process and not award any contract.

2. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in

the ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate

the terms.

3. The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date.

4. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling.

5. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.

6. Bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo e-tenderwales portal and access the ITT under

itt_107713.

7. Bidders should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of

Cardiff and Vale ULHB

TUPE – Bidders to review the TUPE Schedule included within this tender pack

The successful bidder recognises that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) may apply in respect of this Agreement and any future transfer of the services and agrees to comply with said Regulations.

The successful Bidder will be responsible for the payment of all salaries, benefits, bonuses, PAYE liabilities and pension contributions in accordance with (i) Fair Deal and (ii) Staff terms and conditions of employment or engagement (whether contractual or otherwise) in respect of the period during which Staff are employed or engaged by the successful bidder.

(WA Ref:146595)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice