Official UK procurement notice
Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB (Liverpool Place) have awarded a 3 year contract starting from 1 April 2024, to provider to deliver pre, during and post diagnostic support for children, young people with neurodevelopmental condition, their families and professionals in Liverpool. This is a non-clinical service and does not provide neurodevelopmental diagnoses.
The service works with a range of providers to deliver mental health and neurodevelopmental support to children, young people and families across the different levels of presenting need. It be destabilising to go out to competition due to the collaborative nature of the services in Liverpool.
The provider has also demonstrated excellent performance, proven value for money and that the services provided can prevent difficulties from escalating as well as providing accessible support to children, young people and families who are waiting for more specialist interventions.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2024, 15:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2024, 16:57 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-010420- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0438f5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
- Additional deliveries by by the original supplier
This is a Contract Award Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
Publisher note: Negotiated without a prior call for competition New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services Explanation: This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice and is published under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015('Regulations') as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The contract is being awarded under PCR 2015 Section 32. Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC | £818,871 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC | £818,871 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals · ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC
- Signed
- 4 Dec 2023
- Value
- £818,871
- Status
- active
Neurodevelopmental support for children, families and professionals · ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC
- Signed
- 4 Dec 2023
- Value
- £818,871
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB)Review body
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.