Published date: 17 December 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 14 January 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£130,000

Procurement reference

PRJ1086 - Opportunity

Published date

17 December 2021

Closing date

14 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 February 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS South East London CCG (Bromley borough) is seeking to commission a provider of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Occupational Therapy (SEND OT) services. The service will provide SEND OT provision in Section F of an EHCP occupational therapy treatment/provision to help children and young people (aged 0-25 years) that experience difficulties carrying out everyday occupations. The provider will provide the borough with extra capacity of SEND OT provision that is outlined in Section F of the EHC Plan, annual reviews, critiquing reports, tribunals, and mediation.

The successful provider will work in collaboration with the current core Occupational Therapy provider (Bromley Healthcare) (who will continue to provide Occupational Therapy advice and recommendations for Education, Health and Care needs assessments for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities) and the London Borough of Bromley SEND Service.
The occupational therapy service will be provided within identified Bromley Schools and Settings (and at a child's home setting where appropriate) to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

It is expected that the contract will start on 1st February 2022 and run for a period of 6 months until 31 July 2022 with a total maximum value of £130,000 (excluding irrecoverable VAT).

The Procurement process will be facilitated entirely online via ProContract portal. Interested applicants wishing to participate in the procurement must register, express an interest and complete the online questionnaires hosted on the portal prior to the deadline for submission. All clarification requests and correspondence pertaining to this opportunity must be directed through the portal. A timetable for the procurement, guidance re: process, and supplementary information relating to the contract opportunity is also available from the portal.

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3fdaa9cc-275f-ec11-8110-005056b64545

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Bromley Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Occupational Therapy (SEND OT) services - future opportunity

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 8 December 2021

Links

Additional text

London Shared Services (previously NELCSU) is managing this process on behalf of NHS South East London CCG (The Authority). The services to which this advert relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) and the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing the procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. This contract is below the LTR thresholds. Neither the reference to the "Open Procedure" or the use of the term "Tender process", nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that The Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to below-threshold contracts for Schedule 3 services.

About the buyer

Contact name

Barend Henning

Address

Clifton House,75-77 Worship Street
LONDON
EC2A2DU
England

Telephone

07770970400

Email

Barend.henning@nhs.net

Website

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3fdaa9cc-275f-ec11-8110-005056b64545