Provision of Adult Autism Diagnostic Assessments in Inner Northwest London

Concepts

• health services
• inner northwest london
• validated assessment tools
• adult autism diagnostic assessments
• 200 standardised adult autism diagnostic assessments
• adult
• autism
• diagnostic
• northwest
• assessments

Location

London:

Description

To provide 200 standardised adult autism diagnostic assessments using validated assessment tools such as ADOS in Inner Northwest London.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance. The services to be provided are to provide 200 standardised adult autism diagnostic assessments using validated assessment tools such as ADOS. To meet the surge in demand and reduce the waiting times, the relevant authority need to act urgently and award a new contract for the services.The lifetime value of the contract is £400,000.The dates which the services are to be provided is from 16th December 2024 to 15th December 2025. Additional information: Criteria 11.2.5 To address immediate risks to safety and quality of care

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

A contract award notice (confirmation) has been made in accordance with PSR Regulations 14(1), 14(2) and 14(4), contracts can be awarded under the Urgent awards or contract modifications under the PSR legislation for the below reasons with a focus on the risks to patient and/or public safety if these awards are not made:Where a relevant authority considers that—(a) an award or modification must be made urgently; and(b) the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the relevantauthority; and;(c) delaying the award of the contract or modification to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 to 13 would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety,The relevant authority considers all the above applies and therefore may make urgent award.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** - This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the ProviderSelection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services(Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions ofthe Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.- The justification as to why this award was made under an urgent circumstance (Regulation14 applied) is due to a surge in demand and to reduce the waiting time and waiting list . Any delay or gap in service provision will impact patient access to treatment- The contract length is less than 12 months.- The relevant authority's governance/decision-making panel are making the award decision.- Contract value £400,000.- There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.