Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-07-24
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: This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency notice for the purpose of transparency and is not a call for competition.
NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG wish to publish their intent with regards to the following service — Adult ADHD services.
The Adult ADHD service supports individuals who require diagnosis and or post diagnosis support. This service is a bespoke specialist service not part of a mental health contract.
The intent is to award this contract to Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Ltd. Providers are invited to express comment or interest on this intent.
This notice aims at providing voluntary prior transparency as referred to in Article 2d(4) of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC on Remedies and Article 60(4) of Directive 2009/81/EC (information on the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union). This is a Voluntary Ex Ante notice for the purpose of transparency and is not a call for competition.
NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG wish to publish their intent with regards to the following service — Adult ADHD 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.
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.


Winner: Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Ltd
Award value: 818000