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title: "National Clinical Audit of Psychosis"
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# National Clinical Audit of Psychosis

Buyer: HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02fa3d

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## Summary

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is conducting a procurement process for the "National Clinical Audit of Psychosis", a crucial initiative in the health sector aimed at enhancing care for patients with psychosis across England and Wales. This procurement, classified under health and social work services, is currently in the 'Tender' stage, with a total contract value of £1,230,000 excluding VAT for a three-year duration. The deadline for tender submissions is set for 12 noon on 7 January 2022, with the project anticipated to commence in August 2022.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on healthcare services, particularly those specialising in clinical audits and quality improvement in mental health. Companies that can offer innovative approaches to managing audits and have experience in working with NHS frameworks would be well positioned to compete for this contract. Additionally, firms that have a proven track record in enhancing healthcare delivery and improving patient outcomes will likely find this opportunity attractive for growth and collaboration within the public sector.

## Notice

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an organisation that will manage the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis. The audit will be delivered across England and Wales. The successful bidder will be required to build on the achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability of the audit to be used for healthcare improvement. The total contract value is PS1,230,000 exc. VAT for the duration of three years. It is anticipated that the new service will commence in August 2022. This procurement is for clinical services which are part of the 'Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015)' for the purpose of the Regulations. The commissioner is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure that the Commissioner is following is set out in the Invitation to Tender. The process will be similar to Open Procedure under the Regulations applied and so reserves the right to depart from that procedure at any point. To access the ITT documents: For a bidder who has already registered themselves on WAX as a supplier: Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) - Click on "Open opportunities - Find the right opportunity and click on "View Details" - Click on "Log in" For a bidder who has NOT registered themselves on WAX as a supplier: Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) - Click on ''Register Here" - Complete the supplier registration form and Click on "Register" - Activate your account - Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) - Click on "Open opportunities"- Find the right opportunity and click on "View Details" - Click on "Log in" Bidders must respond to all questions. The deadline for the submission of the tender is 12 noon on 07 January 2022. Please note that any communication from HQIP regarding this tender will be via the Source2Contract messaging board. Bidders must use the Source2Contract messaging board for their communications with HQIP regarding procurement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The National Clinical Audit of Psychosis has been running since 2017 with the aim of increasing the quality of care that NHS Mental Health Trusts in England and Health Boards in Wales provide to people with psychosis. It follows on from the previous National Audit of Schizophrenia. The current contract held with the College Centre for Quality Improvement at the Royal College of Psychiatrists to manage the audit will come to an end in July 2022. Building on the achievements of this audit, NHS England and Improvement has asked HQIP to recommission an audit in this area. An open procurement process will be managed by HQIP. The first year of the current psychosis audit looked at care provided to people with psychosis by inpatient and outpatient services. From year two, the audit has focused on the quality of care provided by Early Intervention in Psychosis teams. To date data has been collected via case-note audits and service-level questionnaires. The outputs produced have included national and organisation-level findings and recommendations for improvement. Key performance areas have included the assessment and treatment of physical health, health promotion, prescribing practice, use of evidence-based psychological treatments and access to services at times of crisis. The standards for the psychosis audit have been based on Implementing the Early Intervention in Psychosis Access and Waiting Time Standard guidance (NHS England, NICE & NCCMH, 2016), which details a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended package of Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) care (NICE Quality Standard [QS] 80, 2015; NICE QS102, 2015). All NHS Early Intervention in Psychosis teams with a total caseload size of fewer than 100 patients were asked to submit data on all patients meeting the criteria. Teams with a caseload size greater than 100 were asked to submit data on a random sample of 100 patients meeting the criteria.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010754-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Apr 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Jan 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,230,000 |
| Lots value | £1,230,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,229,662 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP |
| Additional buyers | HEALTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1G 8LZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Marylebone |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| 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), TLL Wales |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 26 Apr 2022 at 15:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010754-2022
- 25 Nov 2021 at 18:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029390-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:182787-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.hqip.org.uk/

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