Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2019-08-09
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: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1988000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: It should be noted that this is a prior information notice with the future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the CCG's commissioning intentions and understand the interest and capability of the market.
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit are seeking interest on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG's) for the provision of ADHD Services.
The CCGs are looking to commissioning an ADHD Service to support individuals who require diagnosis and or post diagnosis support. This service is a bespoke specialist service not part of a mental health contract.
It should be noted that this is a prior information notice with the future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the CCG's Commissioning Intentions and understand the interest and capability of the market.
NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG (CCG’s) are looking to commission a service to support individuals who require ADHD diagnosis and or post diagnosis support. This service is a bespoke specialist service not part of a mental health contract. This requires the service to ensure good liaison with local mental health and autism services.
Working with the national prevalence data the CCG's would expect 7 000 adults across the STP area to have ADHD with up to 60 % requiring some specialist support at some time during their lives. Local data indicates that nearly 400 people in Telford and Wrekin alone have been referred to the local service over the past 4 years.
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.
Longer term support for patients with a diagnosis shall be accessed by providers of adult mental health and community care including social care.
The contract is anticipated to be for 5 years with a possible extension of 2 further years. Contract value is estimated to be 284 000 GBP per annum and will have a 5 % cap and collar.

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings undernational laws and regulations; Administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings undernational laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 (1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/

Award value: 1988000