Notice Information
Notice Title
DCAF-Ages and Stages Questionnaires - National Licence
Notice Description
All children in Scotland are entitled to benefit from the Scottish Child Health Programme. The programme consists of formal screenings for specific medical conditions, routine childhood immunisations and a series of child health reviews provided by a Health Visitor or Family Nurse. Appropriate support and/or referral can be made where concerns are identified in a child or young person. This approach provides proactive care and supports all children to attain the highest level of health and wellbeing possible.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Details of five routine contacts with a Family Nurse and/or Health Visitor (First Visit (11-14 days), 6-8 week review, 13-15 month review, 27-30 month review and 4-5 year review) are inputted into the Child Health Surveillance Programme - Pre-School system (CHSP-PS). This produces population level data on the health and development of pre-school children across Scotland. This data can be used to guide service provision and improvement work at local, regional and national levels. In addition, the Scottish Government's Early Child Development Transformational Change Programme, launched on 14 December 2023 aims to improve early child development by providing enhanced oversight and better integration of relevant policies. It promotes prevention and early intervention across the pre-birth to three age range and looks to identify and respond to policy and implementation gaps. The aim of the Programme is to reduce the proportion of children with developmental concerns at 27-30 months by a quarter by 2030 (from 18% to 13.5%). The ASQ is the only viable tool which can support the assessment of pre-school child development in Scotland. In context of Scottish child health policy and delivery, any child development assessment tool would need to meet the following criteria.
Procurement Information
There are no viable alternatives to ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 as the tools which support the assessment of child development for pre-school children in Scotland. SG must therefore procure a new national licence for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 from Brookes Publishing via non-competitive action.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000811676
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT540323
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- 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
48 - Software package and information systems
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- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £253,838 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Sep 20255 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
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Bob McLeod
- Contact Email
- bob.mcleod@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312442500
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- AB11 9DB
- Post Town
- Aberdeen
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Electoral Ward
- Torry/Ferryhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberdeen South
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT540323
DCAF-Ages and Stages Questionnaires - National Licence - All children in Scotland are entitled to benefit from the Scottish Child Health Programme. The programme consists of formal screenings for specific medical conditions, routine childhood immunisations and a series of child health reviews provided by a Health Visitor or Family Nurse. Appropriate support and/or referral can be made where concerns are identified in a child or young person. This approach provides proactive care and supports all children to attain the highest level of health and wellbeing possible.
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