Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) - contract extension

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    "description": "Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk & click the link to register - Accept the terms & conditions & click 'continue' - Enter your correct business & user details - Note your chosen username & click 'Save'. You will receive an email with your password (keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant exercise to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (A secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions to complete (detailed online help available). To submit your reply use the 'Submit Response' button (top of the page). For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk. DWP expressly reserves the rights(i)to use a reverse auction; (ii)to cancel this procurement at any stage; (iii)to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (iv)and in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.",
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        "title": "Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) - contract extension",
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                "description": "The Contract relates to the provision of 'social and other specific services' within the meaning of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) and is critical to the provision of statutory \"ESA\" and Universal Credit welfare and other benefits for both DWP and Other Government Departments. The supplier will carry out an objective and independent assessment of the impact of health conditions and disabilities on claimants which is essential to the process of determining entitlement to these benefits. The supplier will carry out this assessment and provide information and advice to support the Authority's decision making processes. The key elements of the service will include: - The consideration of a claimant's health conditions or disabilities and the impact on their capability to work; - Assessing individuals against criteria prescribed by the Authority; - The delivery of face-to-face functional assessments to support the above; - The gathering and consideration of evidence to support the above including, where necessary, paying appropriate fees to gather evidence; - The completion of reports, including advice, to the Authority and other Government Departments; - The referral of assessment reports and any associated evidence to the Authority; - Interpretation and advice to the Authority on technical evidence; - Follow up liaison with the Authority in relation to assessments, including the provision of relevant health professional expertise as required; - The administration and management of the service, including scheduling face-to-face assessments, ensuring they are completed within the timescales set down by the Authority; - The recruitment, training and ongoing support of healthcare professionals, including liaison with relevant professional bodies; - The development of guidance in conjunction with the Authority; - The provision of an enquiry service for individuals being assessed; - The provision of a quality control regime, including a complaints function; - The provision of management information as defined by the Authority; - Initiatives and liaison with relevant organizations to support the provision of evidence; - Liaison and working with local and national partners, including disability organisations, and health professional bodies; and - Support for Test and Learn activity.",
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            "name": "Department for Work and Pensions",
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                "streetAddress": ": Hartshead Square",
                "locality": "Sheffield",
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                "postalCode": "S1 2FD",
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                "name": "Lynne Beresford",
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                    "description": "Secure assessment service continuity and stability beyond the current contracts end date on 31/07/21 extending the HDAS contract for the period 01/08/21 to 31/07/23. Provide the contractual flexibility for any subsequent changes to ongoing service design necessitated by Covid-19 measures and any associated Policy changes made, during the extension period. Allow the Department to implement pre-Covid flexibilities to remove volume and service from the Supplier into a Departmental Transformation Area/to deliver Devolution of specific areas of the service (related to specific Welfare Benefits), if required.",
                    "rationale": "Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The impact of COVID-19 has meant that DWP were not able to launch the re procurement of HDAS as planned in March 2020. Extensions to the existing contracts are needed to fully understand and evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 ahead of future procurements as well as to stabilise the assessment service. The impact of COVID-19 has been, and continues to be, very significant. The assessment service has had to be very quickly adapted, in particular to suspend face to face assessments and mobilise alternative methods of delivery to support claimants. Alongside this departmental and supplier staff and resources have had to be restructured and redeployed to help deliver DWP and the wider government's operational response to COVID-19. DWP has also consulted with the market on the impacts of COVID-19. Given that Work Capability Assessments undertaken as part of the Contract support critical statutory welfare benefits that cater for vulnerable people, a gap in service provision is not an option."
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