Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-03-22
Buyer: NHS England – East Midlands (Health and Justice) (NHS Commissiong Board)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 14400000 GBP

Technical requirements: Market Engagement Event for Integrated Healthcare Services at Rainsbrook and Oakhill Secure Training Centres
Integrated Healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre on behalf of NHS England – East Midlands.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England – East Midlands is carrying out a market assessment for the provision of integrated healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre.
For this service provision, NHS England would like to encourage innovative solutions including strategic alliances which will deliver value for money and improved services to patients. The service provider(s) will be required to deliver an outcome based high quality and integrated service, as detailed in the draft specification available on the EU supply system, along with a market engagement questionnaire.
Rainsbrook and Oakhill are purpose built secure centres for young people who meet the criteria for a custodial sentence/remand. Both centres require an integrated healthcare service which consists of and limited to health promotion, mental health service to include primary care and secondary care, outpatients, GP, nurses, dentist, integrated substance misuse services, infectious diseases and pharmacy.
The procurement may be split into 2 Lots, with a final decision to be made once the commissioner has received feedback from the market. The current intension is to split the service into 2 lots as follows:
This service is expected to be fully operational by 1.4.2020. Indicative funding (pending approval and further analysis) available for the services is 1 800 000 GBP per lot p.a. NHS England aims to offer a contract opportunity for a 3 years with the option to extend on an annual basis for a maximum of one further year. (i.e. 3+1), subject to market feedback and internal approval. This opportunity is subject to the will of parliament/legislation change.
The aim of the market engagement exercise is to inform potential providers on the opportunity and to assist the commissioner in deciding on the most appropriate strategy for the future procurement. Interested providers must submit a response to this PIN notice if they consider their organisation able to meet the requirements detailed within the draft specification.
If you wish to express an interest, please register on the EU supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK
The market assessment questionnaire has been published separately. Therefore I would be grateful if you could also register against: Quote/tender 34934 — Expressions of interest for the integrated healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre and complete and submit the questionnaire by 5:00 p.m. 28.3.2019 to confirm your interest.
The market engagement event is planned for the 2.4.2019 Organisations who wish to attend the market engagement event must register their interest by completing the questionnaire as explained above. Please note that no more than 2 individuals per organisation can attend the event. Market engagement event details will only be sent to those organisations who have completed the questionnaire to confirm their attendance.
Any submitted response to this PIN notice will not automatically entitle your involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this notice will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.
Arden and GEM CSU welcomes and appreciates your organisation’s effort for registering interest to participate within the procurement exercise related to this PIN notice, but wishes to stress that your involvement at this stage will not carry any commercial advantage in any ensuing procurement process.
The market assessment questionnaire has been published separately. Therefore I would be grateful if you could also register against: Quote/tender 34934 — Expressions of Interest for the integrated healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre and complete and submit the questionnaire by 5:00 p.m. 28.3.2019 to confirm your interest.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England – East Midlands is carrying out a market assessment for the provision of integrated healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre.


Award value: 14400000