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Children and Young People's Gender Incongruence Services

NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

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28 Feb 2024 at 16:09

Summary of the contracting process

The contract for "Children and Young People's Gender Incongruence Services" has been awarded by NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT. The procurement involves the reconfiguration of specialised health services for children and young people with gender incongruence. The contract is to decommission current services at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and establish new regional services in London and the North-West. The total contract value for the first year is \u00a312,958,099.00. The procurement method was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

This tender presents growth opportunities for providers of specialised paediatric endocrinology services, academic research units, and organisations hosting dedicated children's hospitals. The services are to be delivered through provider collaboratives, offering opportunities for organisations to engage in lead provider arrangements. Businesses interested in the health services sector and capable of meeting the stringent provider selection criteria set by NHS England can benefit from participating in this procurement process.

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Notice Title

Children and Young People's Gender Incongruence Services

Notice Description

Provision for the reconfiguration of specialised services for children and young people with gender incongruence, in line with the recommendations of the independent Cass Review. This work necessitates the decommissioning of the current Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Tavistock) by March 2024, and the establishment of two new services from April 2024 in London and the North-West. The contract value for year 1 for both services is PS12,958,099.00, subsequent years will be paid by actual agreed values. The two new services, which form Phase 1 of the establishment of up to seven new regional services by 2025/26, will be delivered by provider collaboratives through a lead provider arrangement: London: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North-West: Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Lot Information

North Hub

The provision for the the reconfiguration of specialised services for children and young people with gender incongruence, in line with the recommendations of the independent Cass Review. This work necessitates the decommissioning of the current Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Tavistock) by March 2024, and the establishment of two new services from April 2024 in the North-West. The new services, which form Phase 1 of the establishment of up to seven new regional services by 2025/26, will be delivered by provider collaboratives through a lead provider arrangement with: North-West: Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Additional information: NHS England will directly contract with the related endocrine clinics that are currently sub-contracted directly by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHST. This arrangement will be in place for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while the new service model is stabilised, and pending the development of a new service specification for Specialised Paediatric Endocrinology Services by the National Programme of Care for Women and Children, for adoption in 2025/26. Thereafter the planning assumption is that the new regional providers (Phase 1 and Phase 2) may contract directly with local paediatric endocrinology services to establish an integrated pathway.

South Hub

The provision of the reconfiguration of specialised services for children and young people with gender incongruence, in line with the recommendations of the independent Cass Review. This work necessitates the decommissioning of the current Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Tavistock) by March 2024, and the establishment of new services from April 2024 in London with London: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Additional information: NHS England will directly contract with the related endocrine clinics that are currently sub-contracted directly by the Tavistock - University College London Hospitals NHSFT. This arrangement will be in place for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while the new service model is stabilised, and pending the development of a new service specification for Specialised Paediatric Endocrinology Services by the National Programme of Care for Women and Children, for adoption in 2025/26. Thereafter the planning assumption is that the new regional providers (Phase 1 and Phase 2) may contract directly with local paediatric endocrinology services to establish an integrated pathway.

Procurement Information

Only capable providers on the basis these services should be hosted by NHS paediatric tertiary units with strong academic and research functions - this narrows provider selection to organisations that host dedicated children's hospitals.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-044412
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006425-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£12,958,099 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Feb 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Nov 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Contact Name
Collette Palmer
Contact Email
collette.palmer@nhs.net
Contact Phone
+44 7833401655

Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE1 6NB
Post Town
Leicester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF21 Leicester
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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