Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-09-11
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 818000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU are notifying the award of Adult ADHD Services for NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG following the completion of a VEAT notice.
The award enables recovery from the pandemic and stability for the patient’s health conditions, with the intention of procuring the service in the future.
This notice is to notify the market of the contract award of Adult ADHD Services by NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG.
The service contract shall be for a period of 18 months and will commence on the 1 September 2020.The contract value is estimated to be GBP 818 000.00 over the 18-month contract period. The prevailing NHS standard contract terms and conditions shall apply.
The service aims to provide a specialist assessment and diagnostic service to adults with a suspected ADHD and those with a confirmed diagnosis residing in Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin.
• to enable adults with suspected ADHD who do not have a diagnosed learning disability to obtain a timely diagnosis of their condition;
• to provide a local, weekly clinic, for the review and ongoing treatment of complex and non-complex patients, to include prescribing and monitoring;
• to provide guidance on self-help strategies and recommendations for patients in support of self-care;
The adult specialist ADHD service shall provide a local assessment and diagnosis service to support people with suspected ADHD and those with a diagnosis of ADHD to include prescribing.
The service shall aim to complete an assessment within 18 weeks of receiving a referral for an individual.
The provider shall be required to undertake shared care in relation to prescribing medication with the patient’s GP, where the GPs have signed up to the shared care agreement.
A voluntary ex ante transparency notice was previously published to support this contract award — 2020/S 142-350894.
A PIN as a call for competition was issued September 2019, in which four potential providers expressed interest and were invited through to the tender stage. During the tender stage only two bids were received, of which one of the bidders provided written withdrawal from the process. This meant only one suitable tender was received. The procurement was aborted with the intention to re-procure, however due to lack of interest in the original procurement the CCG are confident the interested bidder has the ability to provide an efficient an effective service.
This service is deemed an essential service, the service needs to be maintained and patient medication managed. The current circumstances within the healthcare environment, Covid-19, could negatively affect patients should change happen now.
The incumbent provider Health and Wellbeing Ltd is an SME with the requirement to enter into new-lease agreements, therefore the CCG’s need to ensure ongoing service stability until the pandemic is controlled, in order to ensure patient safety.


Winner: Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Ltd
Award value: 818000
Number of bids: 1