NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service (AAPDSS) - Halton and Warrington Place

The current service is due to end on Friday 31st January 2025. It is the intention of the ICB to start commissioning a new contract from Monday 3rd February 2025 for 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

Any bid must not exceed the maximum financial envelope of £60,000 per annum per place (Halton Place - £60,000 and Warrington Place - £60,000). Any bid that exceeds this criterion will be viewed as Non-Compliant and will take no further part in the procurement exercise.

The total financial envelope is £120,000 per annum for both places (£600,000 for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years), excl. VAT).

The ITT will be live on Friday 27th September 2024

on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submission

will be Monday 28th October 2024 12:00pm mid day.

The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids

that exceed the indicated budget per place.

To express interest and participate in the Competitive Process,

please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing

portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

(https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome).

Should Tenderers have any queries, or have

problems using the portal, they should contact the

Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

The Atamis contract reference is C288031 - 'C&M ICB Adult Autism Post-Diagnosis Support Service - Warrington and Halton'.

The questionnaires will be located within the

requirements. Further details will be made available

via documentation and information released during

the tender process. The ICB has set an affordability

threshold for each place. Bidders who submit a bid

over the maximum contract values for each place will not achieve the score of a pass. The cost analysis will be based on the lowest total overall price submitted (for 3 years + 2 year optional extension).

The competitive tendering process to which this ITT

relates to and further to which the Authority intends

to purchase the Services as set out in regulation 11

of the provider selection regime 2023 for the award

of a contract with a competition.

This ITT has been made available to all Bidders

who have expressed a potential interest in

delivering this service in line with the requirements

which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a

contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)

Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive

tendering of these Services is being run as a

bespoke, single-stage tender process as described

in the documentation in this ITT, and in the Find a

Tender contract notice advertisement.

The Authority reserves the right to make changes to

the process as it sees necessary whilst adhering to

those sections of the Provider Selection Regime

regulations which lay out the principles for the

competitive tendering process. The Authority will

ensure that Bidders are made aware, in reasonable

time, of any changes it makes to the process.

Additional information: All changes will be communicated through the

Procurement portal messaging system, Atamis.

The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following

any other part of the Regulations.

Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves

the right to discontinue the Competitive Process at

any time, which shall include the right not to award

a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to

accept the lowest tender, or any tender received,

and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or

to call for new tenders should it consider this

necessary.

The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any

costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or

tenderer in connection with the completion and

return of the information requested in this Contract

Notice, or in the completion or submission of any

tender, irrespective of the outcome of the

competition or if the competition is cancelled or

postponed.

All dates, time periods and values specified in this

notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority

reserves the right to change these.

Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject

to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and

the Environmental Information Regulations

2004(EIR) and may be required to disclose

information received in the course of this

procurement under FOIA or the EIR.

In addition, and in accordance with the UK

Government's policies on transparency, the

contracting authority intends to publish

documentation and the text of any resulting

contractual arrangements, subject to possible

redactions at the discretion of the Contracting

Authority.

Any redactions, whether in relation to information

requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on

transparency will be in accordance with those

grounds prescribed under the Freedom of

Information Act. If and when this requirement is

offered to tender, this will be done via electronic

means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire

CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a

central purchasing body for another NHS body with

whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into

contracts for the supply of the services.

Any other public-sector body detailed within this

notice, wishing to access the contract may do so

only with permission from the contracting NHS

body.

Further details will be made available via

documentation and information released during the

Competitive Process.