--- title: "Neurodiversity Support Service to deliver specialised support across the Midlands Health and Justice Services." ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047d05" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-047d05" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047d05.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047d05.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2024-07-12" --- # Neurodiversity Support Service to deliver specialised support across the Midlands Health and Justice Services. Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047d05 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-047d05) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047d05.json) ## Summary The National Health Service (NHS) England is planning a procurement process for a Neurodiversity Support Service to be delivered across the Midlands Health and Justice Services. The service aims to provide specialised support through practitioners with neurodiverse health expertise. Stakeholders are invited to attend a Market Engagement event on Thursday 25th July 2024 to discuss lotting strategies and service requirements, with a questionnaire available for initial preferences until 12 noon on Monday 22nd July 2024. This tender for the Neurodiversity Support Service offers opportunities for businesses with expertise in health services and neurodiversity support to engage with NHS England. Providers with experience in delivering services, conducting case consultations, advising on reasonable adjustments, and upskilling staff within the justice system are well-suited to compete. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with a future notice date of 22nd August 2024 for further communication. ## Notice NHS England (Midlands) is undertaking a market engagement exercise to gauge market interest in the provision of a Neurodiversity Support Service to deliver specialised support across the Midlands Health and Justice Services. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS England (Midlands) is undertaking a market engagement exercise to gauge market interest in the provision of a Neurodiversity Support Service to deliver specialised support across the Midlands Health and Justice Services. The expectation is for a provider/ providers to implement a service/ services consisting of practitioners with specialist knowledge and skills in neurodiverse health needs. The service/ services will act as central teams that provide advice, guidance and supervision to Health and Justice Teams across the Midlands. The service/services would need to demonstrate great relationship skills, coproduction and collaborative working. Examples of this support would include: (a) Developing psychologically underpinned formulations (b) Guidance on where to go for assessment (c) Case consultation (d) Advice on reasonable adjustments (e) Advice on managing risk taking into account neurodivergence. (f) Upskilling, support, and training staff within the justice system A key element of the engagement exercise will be to ascertain the preferred lotting strategy of stakeholders, and how best this could be delivered. Whilst this will be a key focus at the engagement event, a questionnaire has been developed to scope initial preferences. This is available through the following link https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin?startURL=%2Fone%2Fone.app#/alohaRedirect/apex/Supplier_Portal_2019 The questionnaire is available via Atamis, Project Ref: C287251 The Commissioner will be holding Market Engagement event at 1300 hours on Thursday 25th July via MS TEAMS. If you wish to attend the event please complete the relevant part of the questionnaire, the closing date for the questionnaire is 12 noon on Monday 22nd July 2024 (invites to the Market Engagement event will be sent out following the closing date). The questionnaire also contains questions relating to the services advertised on which we are looking for feedback from potential providers. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021455-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Aug 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS1 4AP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Hunslet & Riverside | | Westminster constituency | Leeds South | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 12 Jul 2024 at 12:55 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021455-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin?startURL=%2Fone%2Fone.app#/alohaRedirect/apex/Supplier_Portal_2019 - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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