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North East Essex Neuropathway Coordinator Services

NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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14 Mar 2025 at 13:04

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25 Feb 2025 at 11:53

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board has formally awarded a contract for the North East Essex Neuropathway Coordinator Services, focusing on health services in North East Essex. The procurement falls under the industry category of health services (CPV id: 85100000), with the service set to be provided between 1st April 2025 and 31st August 2030. This contract award, confirmed on 25th February 2025 under the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023, bypasses the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The anticipated lifetime value of the contract, excluding VAT, is £783,716.00. This tender is currently at the award stage.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in health services, particularly those experienced in providing early help and support for neurodevelopmental conditions. The services include signposting, formal referrals, joint planning with health professionals, and coordinating comprehensive support plans. Organizations that specialize in health interventions for children and young people will find numerous prospects for growth, leveraging their expertise in creating robust support networks. This contract could be especially advantageous for businesses that can provide flexible, adaptive services and offer personalised care pathways suited to varying levels of complexity.

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Notice Title

North East Essex Neuropathway Coordinator Services

Notice Description

The Child and Young Person Neurodevelopmental Coordination Service aims to provide children, young people and their families living in North East Essex with access to early help and navigational support as they enter, pass through or complete a diagnostic assessment pathway. The Service provides simple signposting to a partner agency, a formal referral onwards to a partner agency, discussion and joint planning with a Health Visitor or School nurse or instigating a team around the family meeting organised by the case load holder so that multiple partners can create a robust plan of support for the client. The coordinator will follow up each client's pathway individually at intervals dependant on the provision advised varying between 4 to 12 weeks in duration based on complexity of the plan provided.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Child and Young Person Neurodevelopmental Coordination Service aims to provide children, young people and their families living in North East Essex with access to early help and navigational support as they enter, pass through or complete a diagnostic assessment pathway. The contract is for a term of 5 years and 5 months, commencing on the 1st April 2025 and ending on 31st August 2030. There is no extension. The lifetime value of the contract is PS783,715.00. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 7th March 2025. They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Award decision-makers: SNEE ICB Executive Committee on 23rd September 2024. * No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. * The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: * Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment. * Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. * Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. * Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment. * Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e7be
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009432-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender 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
£783,716 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Sep 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
Caryn Akers
Contact Email
caryn.akers@snee.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1473770096

Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Post Town
Ipswich
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway

Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HCRG CARE

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