Functional Assessment Services (FAS) 2023 - Lot 3

Location

London

Description

This contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (Lots 1 to 4) and the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland (Lot 5). The service provision will be primarily contracted through this procurement to the Authority but may allow other Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, and devolved administrations (including but not limited to HM Revenue and Customs, Ministry of Defence, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Health and Social Care) to access the services.To support the determination of an individual’s entitlement to benefit, the Authority requires the delivery of a range of compatible and sympathetic Functional Health Assessments (FAS). The results of these assessments form one part of the evidence utilised by the Authority Decision Maker in making the ultimate decision on benefit entitlement on behalf of the Secretary of State.FAS Suppliers will be expected to deliver functional health assessments in relation to the following benefits:• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)- https://www.gov.uk/pip• Employment Support Allowance (ESA)- https://www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance• Universal Credit (UC)- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disabi... 4 to 22• The delivery of assessments/advice associated with 15 other specialist benefits, for both DWP and other Government Departments, including Veterans UK, HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Revenue and Customs DWP ran a procurement using the Light Touch Regime and a modified process withcommercial dialogue in accordance with Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public ContractsRegulations 2015. For Lot 5, DWP conducted aspects of the procurement process on behalf of the Department for Communities (DfC) in Northern Ireland. The procedure is set out clearly in the published Invitation to Tender document. The service will be divided into five (5) geographical lots:Lot 1 – Northern England and ScotlandLot 2 – Midlands and WalesLot 3 – South West EnglandLot 4 – London, South East & East AngliaLot 5 – Northern Ireland

Total Quantity or Scope

See II.1.4) Short Description

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

For Clarity and avoidance of doubt: This Contract waspublished on Contracts Finder and is being reproduced onFTS in order to publish a REG 72 PCR2015 modificationto it.https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/803dffa5-fd46-4361-ac8e-e558504437d2 Award criteria additional informationThe procurement used the Price per Quality Point (PQP) methodology todetermine the final ranked position of each bid in each Lot.PQP divides a bid’s price by its assessed quality score to produce an output Priceper Quality Point. This is used to rank each bid in each Lot from highest rank, 1, which has the lowest PQP to lowest rank which has the highest PQP.Final Lot ValuesThe individual lot values shown in the FASContract Notice (2021/S 000-028407)provided an estimated value per lot for a 5 yearcontract.The final lot values shown in Section V of this notice are the values including the initial 5 year contract term plus possible 2 year extension.The contracting authority in section I.1 is part of the Department for Work and Pensions and is acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions