Essex All-Age Autism Outreach Service

The Authorty invites responses from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver an All Age Autism Outreach Service (the Service) providing specialist autism support to autistic individuals of all ages, across the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) footprint of Southend, Essex and Thurrock (SET), from 1st May 2024 to 30th April 2028, with an option to extend for a further two years until 30th April 2030. The potential aggregate value of the contract over the term may be up to £8,153,500 including the and potential (but in no way guaranteed) extension period and any modifications over the life of the contract. Page 7 to 13 The four-year contract value and actual budget is £4,769,000 (excluding the extension period), which will act as an affordability envelope for the purposes of bidding. Any bids received in excess of such affordability envelope will be rejected as non-compliant.