Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-10-21
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85000000
Estimated value: 1550000 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is procuring a Social Prescribing Link-Worker Service on behalf of NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group who is the contracting authority for this opportunity.
The Halton social prescribing link-worker service aims to assist people in the Borough by referring them to local, non-clinical services in order to improve both their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
The potential contract will be valued at approximately GBP 310 000 per year; and the contract duration will be for 3 years with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 2-year period.
The CCG is looking to gain Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from providers who could be interested in delivering a social prescribing link-worker service to people in the CCG area.
Any interested organisation needs to visit https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/ to complete a short questionnaire regarding delivery of the service in the CCG area. This information will inform and assist the CCG in forming its Commissioning Intentions for these services.
The CCGs are only seeking expressions of interest from providers who are genuinely capable and attracted to this potential opportunity. Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your provider.
In the event that the commissioners proceed to an Invitation to Tender stage all providers who expressed interest in the tender will be invited into the procurement process which will be conducted through MLCSU’s eSourcing portal https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk There will also be a further call for competition using the relevant advertising media.
However, it is not a mandatory requirement for interested providers to submit a response to the Expression of Interest to be considered for any future opportunities.
This procurement is for social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
Right to cancel: the contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this contract notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: the contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.


Award value: 1550000