NECS432 Children and Young People Autism Assessment Service

North of England Commissioning

Support (NECS) are working for, and

on behalf of, NHS Humber and North

Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

(the Contracting Authority) who wish to

commission a Children and Young

People Autism Assessment Service in

Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby.

The basic principles that mirror those of

the open procedure will be followed for

this procurement to test the capacity,

capability, and technical competence of

tenderers in accordance with the Light

Touch Regime within The Public

Contracts Regulations 2015 (as

amended), ensuring a fair, open and

transparent process in accordance with

NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and

Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

Under the Public Services (Social

Value) Act 2012 the Contracting

Authority must consider:

(a) How what is proposed to be

procured might improve the economic,

social and environmental well-being of

the area where it exercises its

functions, and

(b) How, in conducting the process of

procurement, it might act with a view to

securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the

contract has been scoped to take into

account the priorities of the Contracting

Authority relating to economic, social

and environmental well-being.

This procurement will be conducted via

the NECS e-tendering system (In-tend)

as such there will be no hard copy

documents issued to bidders and all

communications between bidders and

NECS, including tender submissions,

will be conducted via the In-tend portal.

To express an interest in tendering for

this procurement, please register on

the In-tend e-tendering portal, which

can be found at: intendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu ↗ (intendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu ↗) and follow the

registration instructions.

Please note that it is free to register on

In-tend, which can be accessed at any

time of day.

Should you have any queries, or are

having problems using the portal, you

should contact the e-Tendering provider

by Email: support@in-tend.com or by

phone 0844 2728810 (Monday to

Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).

PLEASE NOTE: Tender documentation

will be available via In-tend from

Monday 09 January 2023 and the

closing date for receipt of tenders is 12

noon on Wednesday 08 February 2023.