Notice Information
Notice Title
Diagnostic Assessments of Autism for Children and Young People
Notice Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) requires a single contract with Healios Ltd in line with a time-limited initiative to help reduce waiting times to accessing a diagnostic assessment of autism for children and young people.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) requires a single contract with Healios Ltd in line with a time-limited initiative by Welsh Government to help reduce waiting times to accessing a diagnostic assessment of autism for children and young people. The service will provide key outcomes for the Health Board in terms of Improving Waiting Times for Children's Neurodevelopmental Service. Subsequently improving the health and wellbeing of Future Generations through earlier identification of neuro-divergence and subsequent support needs. Assessing Autism requires a highly specialist skill set, and delivery partners must adhere to applying the following key principles: - Risk assessment to include risk of harm to service user, or service user's risk to others - Risk management plan - Multidisciplinary team approach - Childhood development history - Clinical interview with informant - Clinical Interview with individual - Observation Assessment - Obtain School/College information - Use of a valid diagnostic tool(s) as specified in current NICE guidance - Diagnostic Threshold as set out in DSM5 or ICD-11 - Comprehensive report detailing how diagnostic threshold has/or has not been met - Feedback of outcome to client. In line with the funding requirement providers will need to: - Be able to provide services with immediate effect from March 2025. - Service implementation meetings are expected to commence in March 2025. - Must have extensive experience of diagnostic assessment in autism of children and young - Must have extensive experience of cross-sector working with HDUHB. - Must have a proven track record of successful partnership working outsourcing diagnostic assessments for Health Boards - Must have developed stabilised professional relationships with schools, colleges and parent carers across Hywel Dda University Health Board footprint to facilitate prompt engagement and receipt of relevant information required - Must have knowledge of the relevant services and established links with locally commissioned services for children's neurodevelopmental (ASD) services. - The Delivery Partner must have knowledge and links to similar services the health provides (including contractual) - Have comprehensive knowledge of Welsh Government policy and legislation pertaining to neuro-divergence children and young people. - Conduct the bulk of the referral and processing services involving primary engagement with parent carers - Have established effective working relationships with Children's ND (ASD) Service, Mental health services, Local Authority and Primary Health partners across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
Procurement Information
This is a time-limited initiative to help reduce waiting times to accessing a diagnostic assessment of autism for children and young people. Assessing Autism requires a highly specialist skill set, and delivery partners must adhere to a number of key principles outlined in the notice. Given the skillset required and immediate start date, Healios Ltd, were the only suitable provider for this initiative.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-148994
- Publication Source
- Sell2Wales
- Latest Notice
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=148994
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
85000000 - Health and social work services
85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £499,863 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Teifion Cole
- Contact Email
- teifion.cole@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1443848585
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARMARTHEN
- Postcode
- SA31 3BB
- Post Town
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL42 South West Wales
- Delivery Location
- TLL14 South West Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Electoral Ward
- Carmarthen Town West
- Westminster Constituency
- Caerfyrddin
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR507148
Diagnostic Assessments of Autism for Children and Young People - Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) requires a single contract with Healios Ltd in line with a time-limited initiative to help reduce waiting times to accessing a diagnostic assessment of autism for children and young people.
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