AD HOC AUTISM SPECTRUM DIAGNOSTIC (ASD) ASSESSMENTS FOR CHILDREN

Concepts

• health and social work
• cardiff
• diagnostic assessments
• diagnostic threshold
• current nice guidance diagnostic threshold
• a valid diagnostic tool
• spectrum diagnosis
• children
• hoc
• autism

Location

South West Wales:

Description

Due to exponential demand on services, HDUHB seeks to appoint suitable Provider(s) to support the Children’s Neurodevelopmental Autism Spectrum Diagnostic (ASD) service to manage and reduce our waiting list in respect of diagnostic assessments.

Total Quantity or Scope

Patient cohorts would only be allocated to the external provider as and when funding becomes available, the funding streams include but are not limited to; Core Funding, Slippage Monies and any other sources of additional funding allocated to the service. HDUHB intends to award to a single or number of Provider(s) for children and young people over an initial three (3) year period with an option to extend for a further two (2) years. This is a zero-commitment contract, with volumes and service agreed between the HDUHB children’s Neurodevelopmental service and Provider(s) as funding allows. Provision of Autism Spectrum Diagnosis (ASD) assessments, this requires a specialist approach, with specific standards to be met in accordance with NICE Guidelines, around: Multi-disciplinary Team Approach Gathering of Childhood development history Undertaking Clinical interview with informant Clinical Interview with individual Observation Assessment School information Use of a valid diagnostic tool as specified in current NICE guidance Diagnostic Threshold as set out in DSM5 or ICD-11

Renewal Options

Option to extend for a further 24 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=151817 (WA Ref:151817) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.