Published date: 13 October 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 November 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£57,720

Procurement reference

NHS/SOEPS/21.774 CAN

Published date

13 October 2022

Closing date

14 November 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of a 24-month contract to Cognitive Neurology LTD for the provision of Specialist Dementia-Related Neurology Services for NHS Sussex ICS ('the Integrated Care System') East commencing 1st April 2023.
Specialist Cognitive Neurology provision is a vital element for patients with a complex Dementia presentation and ensures that people presenting with complex symptoms receive an appropriate diagnosis and can access treatment and services appropriate to their needs. The contract forms an integral part of NHS Sussex (East) Memory Assessment Service (MAS) provision in the legacy H&R and EH&S CCG areas. The service provides specialist diagnostic assessment including MRI Scanning, Lumber Puncture and associated Neuropsychological and Electroencephalogram (EEG) testing.

NHS Sussex has directly awarded this 24 month contract to Cognitive Neurology LTD to ensure key organisational change and transformation objectives, including the development of equitable Sussex wide approaches to Dementia service delivery are delivered. The direct award acts to align existing MAS contractual arrangements.
This will provide the necessary additional time for NHS Sussex to complete and embed its necessary transformation work and to understand better and accurately specify future specifications for these services. This will then inform commissioning intentions which will be put to the market in 2024/25.
The direct award is made in the context of meeting patient need and improving service equity at a time of significant national and local strategic service delivery transformation; therefore the direct award is felt to be strategically and clinically appropriate.

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Additional text

With the recent transition to ICS status a Sussex wide Dementia Pathway review is in process. The continuation of the existing arrangement for this service will ensure service continuity and patient safety, whilst the review process completes and the findings are collated to inform future commissioning intentions.

Refer to South of England Procurement Services to trigger the review process. This process can be further escalated to NHS Improvement or High Court of England and Wales.

Award information

Awarded date

13 October 2022

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£57,720

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cognitive Neurology Ltd

Address

Winter House
Church Road
Mannings Heath
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 6JE

Reference

Companies House number: 07812286

Value of contract

£57,720

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Rix - Head of Procurement (Acting)

Address

Sackville House, Brooks Close (please send any comms electronically to ensure receipt)
Lewes
BN7 2FZ
United Kingdom

Email

sarah.rix@soeprocurement.nhs.uk