Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-10-23
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement South East
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services

Technical requirements: NHS England and NHS Improvement South East – Early Engagement — Lived Experience Services for South East Adult Prisons and Children and Young People Estate
This notice is placed as a prior information notice in order to facilitate engagement with potential providers, and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement.
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) seeks to re-commission lived experience services within the South East adult prisons and children and young people (CYP) estate.
The aim of the lived experience service is to enable service users to be involved in the design, delivery and ongoing performance of healthcare services, through various forms of consultation and feedback.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please register on the e-procurement portal, In-Tend, and submit a completed provider market engagement questionnaire by 12.00 noon, 11 November 2020.
This notice is placed as a prior information notice in order to facilitate engagement with potential providers, and relates only to pre-procurement market engagement.
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) seeks to re-commission lived experience services within the South East adult prisons and children and young people (CYP) estate. The precise scope is to be confirmed, but is likely to include:
— Kent and Medway Adult prisons (HMP Swaleside, HMP Elmley, HMP Standford Hill, HMP Maidstone, HMP Rochester, HMP/YOI East Sutton Park);
— South East CYP establishments (HMYOI Cookham Wood, HMYOI Aylesbury, Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home, Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home).
Consideration is being given to potential lotting strategies, with the outcomes of market engagement being used to inform the final decision.
The contribution of service users who have first experience of using the healthcare services within the secure establishments into the commissioning process is essential to the delivery of effective services. The aim of the lived experience service is to enable service users to be involved in the design, delivery and ongoing performance of healthcare services, through various forms of consultation and feedback.
It is anticipated that the contracts will commence on 1 October 2021. The contract term is yet to be confirmed.
At this stage, Commissioners would like to determine the level of provider interest from all sectors (including voluntary and third sector) in this opportunity and seeks responses to a market engagement questionnaire, the aim of which is to obtain feedback from the market to help inform re-commissioning. This may then be followed by market engagement events as deemed appropriate, e.g. 1:1 meetings with the Commissioner/a briefing event. Details of any events undertaken will be provided to those who express an interest.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please register on the e-procurement portal, In-Tend (details at the end of this notice), and submit a completed provider market engagement questionnaire by 12.00 noon, 11 November 2020.
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system, In-Tend, available on the following link: