UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Provision for the reconfiguration of specialised services for children and young people with gender incongruence, in line with the recommendations of the independent Cass Review, published in February 2022. This work necessitated the decommissioning of the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in March 2024, and the establishment of new services from April 2024 via a phased approach. The contract value for 7 years is £45,920,000. Engagement with providers commenced in July 2022 and therefore falls under the scope of PCR 2015.

Provision of NICOR Java developer for NHS Arden & GEM CSU. The organisation will be required to provide software development and technical infrastructure management in the design development, testing and implementation of a number of applications and integrated services using the NICOR product platform. The web-based applications will be designed (with a strong on emphasis on usability and design) for the purpose of clinical data capture, extraction, and reporting and will include user identity management. The work is expected to be delivered by one technical expert working full-time (five days per week) over the contract period. In addition, there will be a requirement to complete a knowledge transfer to the substantive NICOR technical team at the end of each implementation phase in order to ensure ongoing maintenance and support of the applications by the substantive team. The organisation will need to ensure the built applications are both secure and robust within the operational environment, the components can be updated without affecting the clinical data in each registry application, and all programming code is maintained within a centralised code repository. It’s important that the design and functionality translates into familiarity for the end users who interact with a number of other existing NICOR registries. It is expected the organisation will be able to demonstrate compliance with Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in order to secure wider social, economic, and environmental benefits.

Provision for the reconfiguration of specialised services for children and young people with gender incongruence, in line with the recommendations of the independent Cass Review. This work necessitates the decommissioning of the current Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Tavistock) by March 2024, and the establishment of two new services from April 2024 in London and the North-West. The contract value for year 1 for both services is £12,958,099.00, subsequent years will be paid by actual agreed values. The two new services, which form Phase 1 of the establishment of up to seven new regional services by 2025/26, will be delivered by provider collaboratives through a lead provider arrangement: London: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North-West: Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider); Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM) has been commissioned to conduct an evaluation of the Keyworking Programme. The evaluation will focus on early adopter areas and use mixed methods to test the theory of change described in a single logic model The aim of this exercise is to contract with a suitably experienced and qualified supplier to ensure appropriate engagement, using qualitative evaluations methods, with autistic Children and Young People (CYP) with learning disabilities and parents/ carers. The successful bidder will be responsible for designing and completing robust and adaptive data collection, in line with the Evaluation Framework, from CYP allocated a Keyworker, and parents/ carers in participating sites. The successful bidder will also be responsible for analysing and reporting findings to inform the wider national evaluation led by NHS Arden & GEM CSU.

NHS England, Specialised Commissioning (referred to as the Commissioner) is intending to award contracts for Stereotactic Radiosurgery / Radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) Services for the full range of Tier 1 and Tier 2 intracranial conditions, Teenage young adults and Adults, for Lots 3-13. Please see published service specification: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/service-specification-srs-intracranial-teenage-young-adults-and-adults/