Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-09-27
Buyer: NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 240237969 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning support worked for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East who commissioned healthcare services for North East Prisons.
The term of the contract will be 6 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years with effect from 1.4.2020.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) worked for, and on behalf of NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East who commissioned healthcare provision for prisons, within the locality of North East England.
(Important note: If prison reconfiguration and reform results in new geographical locations or potentially new build establishments or prison re-roles then the contract holder will be required to respond accordingly and be flexible in how operational services are to be deployed).
NHS England procured healthcare provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the 7 prison establishments, as outlined below:
The new service model will encompass the same prison establishments, but the service model will change and will comprise of 1 prime provider contract with 3 service specifications:
— prison community care services, including primary care nursing, GP, pharmacy, administration, IM&T and IT support,
— prison mental health, including learning disability, cognitive impairment and dementia care services, and
Dental services are not within the scope of the procurement but there is a requirement for the provider to work with prison dentistry colleagues.
Bidders need to note that HMP Holme House is designated as a national drug recovery prison (DRP) pilot as a joint Ministry of Justice/NHS England 3-year project. The newly developed ways of working from the project are expected to continue being embedded and learning spread across the North East. Significant national and Ministerial scrutiny should be expected.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procurement route were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
This procurement was conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there were no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, were conducted via the Proactis portal.
The basic principles of the open procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
The contracting Authority will act in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Part 3 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dis-satisfied bidder is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: Spectrum Community Health CIC
Award value: 240237969
Number of bids: 2