North East Essex Neuropathway Coordinator Services

Concepts

• health services
• ipswich
• north east essex neuropathway coordinator services
• north east essex integrated care board
• neuropathway coordinator services
• north east essex
• additional services
• the health care services
• essex
• coordinator

Location

North East Essex locality

Description

The Child and Young Person Neurodevelopmental Coordination Service aims to provide children, young people and their families living in North East Essex with access to early help and navigational support as they enter, pass through or complete a diagnostic assessment pathway. The Service provides simple signposting to a partner agency, a formal referral onwards to a partner agency, discussion and joint planning with a Health Visitor or School nurse or instigating a team around the family meeting organised by the case load holder so that multiple partners can create a robust plan of support for the client. The coordinator will follow up each client's pathway individually at intervals dependant on the provision advised varying between 4 to 12 weeks in duration based on complexity of the plan provided.

Total Quantity or Scope

The contract is for a term of 5 years and 5 months, commencing on the 1st April 2025 and ending on 31st August 2030. There is no extension. The lifetime value of the contract is £783,715.00. NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 7th March 2025. They should be submitted in writing to procurement@snee.nhs.uk. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Award decision-makers: SNEE ICB Executive Committee on 23rd September 2024. • No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes. • The decision to award this contract in line with Direct Award Process C was based on evaluation against the five required key criteria as follows: • Quality and Innovation - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering a safe and effective service as required by the specification and contract they are currently delivering. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Quality Impact Assessment. • Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering value to the integrated care system and the cost of change would not be outweighed by the potential benefit of a new provider. • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is positively impacting on the integrated care system through their integration and collaboration delivered as a requirement of the specification or alternative elements linked to the delivery. • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is meeting needs of the population to ensure equitable access and choice as required by the specification and contract. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Equality Impact Assessment. • Social Value - Assured - SNEE ICB are assured that the provider is delivering in line with the SNEE Green Plan, supporting with the implementation of carbon reduction and increase in initiatives which positively impact on the wider determinants of health. This criterion was reviewed in line with the Sustainability Impact Assessment.

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