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NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU are notifying the award of Adult ADHD Services for NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG following the completion of a VEAT notice. The award enables recovery from the pandemic and stability for the patient’s health conditions, with the intention of procuring the service in the future. This notice is to notify the market of the contract award of Adult ADHD Services by NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG and NHS Shropshire CCG. The service contract shall be for a period of 18 months and will commence on the 1 September 2020.The contract value is estimated to be GBP 818 000.00 over the 18-month contract period. The prevailing NHS standard contract terms and conditions shall apply. The service aims to provide a specialist assessment and diagnostic service to adults with a suspected ADHD and those with a confirmed diagnosis residing in Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin. Service objectives: • to enable adults with suspected ADHD who do not have a diagnosed learning disability to obtain a timely diagnosis of their condition; • to provide a local, weekly clinic, for the review and ongoing treatment of complex and non-complex patients, to include prescribing and monitoring; • to signpost people with ADHD to other agencies and sources of support as appropriate; • to provide guidance on self-help strategies and recommendations for patients in support of self-care; • to signpost patients with an unconfirmed diagnosis to appropriate services and support networks. The adult specialist ADHD service shall provide a local assessment and diagnosis service to support people with suspected ADHD and those with a diagnosis of ADHD to include prescribing. The service shall aim to complete an assessment within 18 weeks of receiving a referral for an individual. The provider shall be required to undertake shared care in relation to prescribing medication with the patient’s GP, where the GPs have signed up to the shared care agreement. A voluntary ex ante transparency notice was previously published to support this contract award — 2020/S 142-350894.