Published date: 6 August 2025

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


Closing: 1 August 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

LS1 4AP

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

CF-3118600D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

6 August 2025

Closing date

1 August 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

11 August 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

There has been significant year on
year increases in the number of people waiting for an autism assessment.
Demand for assessment continues to outstrip capacity in the workforce
needed to deliver them. It is vital that autism assessment pathways are
delivered through a quality and equity lens, considering evidence-based
practice and research.
UCL is launching an autism assessment and post-diagnostic support clinic
in October 2025. There are several elements that could provide essential
learning for systems and services, providing that they are evaluated
robustly.
The third level student population represent a specific challenge to the
dynamics of adult waiting lists. In many places waiting times are now longer
than the duration of study which creates a variety of unpredictable demand
characteristics. Removing student populations from local specialist autism
teams could positively impact the waiting list.
An evaluation looking at the Clinic's success in contributing to more timely,
less costly and more effective autism assessment services, with enhanced
experience at each stage of support would support decision making around
the assessment pathway and could lead to national policy development.
UCL (which has unrivalled clinical and research expertise in
neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions) is in a unique position to
be able to provide an evaluation of this type. In addition, it will provide evidence about how best to support neurodivergent students (including autistic people) which is also crucial, given that a recent review found 30% of serious incident reports (of suicide and non-fatal self-harm) in higher education students described a diagnosis of, or suspected, neurodiversity (including autism and ADHD)

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Award information

Awarded date

17 July 2025

Contract start date

11 August 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2026

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

DO NOT USE 2

Address

500 Styal Rd M22 5HQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

sharron Giblin

Address

7 & 8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
United Kingdom

Email

sharron.giblin@nhs.net