Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-01-17
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85111500: Psychiatric hospital services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121100: General practitioner services | 85121270

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England North Region Health and Justice (the Commissioner).
NHS England is seeking to procure health and social care provision for HMP Liverpool for a contract term of 5 years with a contract value of GBP 6 500 000 per year. The contract includes social care provision which will be paid on an hourly rate. Social care funding is not within the GBP 6 500 000 financial threshold.
The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the population at HMP Liverpool only. (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 is seeking to procure health and social care provision for HMP Liverpool for a contract term of 5 years with a contract value of GBP 6 500 000 per year. The contract includes social care provision which will be paid on an hourly rate. Social care funding is not within the GBP 6 500 000 financial threshold.
— Prison Community Care Services, including Primary Care Nursing, GP, Substance Use (DART), Pharmacy, Dental, Ophthalmology, Administration, IM&T and IT Support,
— Prison Mental Health, including Learning Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Care Services,
— Social care provision for all individuals as directed by the Local Authority social care assessment outcome.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulation 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
Public contracts for Health, Social, Education and certain other Service Contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S1 2015 nº 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your tender submission, will be conducted via the portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by (Proactis) the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.
To express an interest in tendering for this service, please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
If you require further assistance using the portal, help guides can be found on each stage of the process by clicking the “?” icon at the top right hand of the page. Alternatively, (should potential providers have any queries) a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted via email: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index
Please be aware that all communications and submissions will be conducted via the NECS Proactis portal only.
The Commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulation 2015 (SI 2015 nº 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.