Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-19
Buyer: NHS England Lancashire
Country: UK
Region: Lancashire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) on behalf of NHS England, Lancashire wish to Invite bidders to participate in a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for the provision of a Health and Social Care Service in the following prisons within Lancashire:
It should be noted that due to the Government's Prison Reform Programme, it may be the case that in the future of some of the prisons that are to be provided with services under this procurement process may be either closed or extended for additional capacity on existing sites.
The contract will be for 5 years with the option to extend at the discretion of NHS England Lancashire subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
The Contracting Authority therefore reserves the right to make future variations to any of the contracts awarded through this procurement process, for example (but not limited to) increasing or decreasing the value of services and/or changing the sites for the services or any other variations required to take account of the Government's Prison Reform Programme.
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, the contracting authority must consider how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area and how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts have been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to ‘economic, social, and environmental well-being’.
It should also be noted that TUPE will apply to this agreement, further information will be made available at the relevant time.
The basic principles of the restricted procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of Tenderers in accordance with Part B regime of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption for NHS healthcare procurements before 18.4.2016.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this tender process 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://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by (In-Tend), the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.
To express an interest in participating in this Pre-Qualification Questionnaire exercise, please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the ‘Tenders’ tab, and then selecting ‘Current’, scroll down through the tender lists until you come to ‘Pre-Qualification Questionnaire — Health and Social Care Services in Lancashire Prisons’. To view further information on this specific opportunity, click the button marked ‘View Details’. From this area, you will be able to express your interest in this opportunity by selecting the button marked ‘Express Interest’.
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, a help guide can be found on the portal by clicking on the tab marked ‘Guidance for Suppliers’. Alternatively, (should potential providers have any queries) a dedicated help-desk is available and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00 or email: support@in-tend.co.uk
Provision of Health and Social Care Services for HMP Garth and HMP Wymott. The funding envelope for this lot is approx 5 600 000 GBP with a total value of 39 200 000 GBP. This excludes Social Care which will be charged on an hourly rate.
Provision of Health and Social Care Services for HMP Kirkham, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Preston. The funding envelope for this lot is approx 7 700 000 GBP with a total contract value of 53 900 000 GBP. This excludes Social Care which will be charged on an hourly rate.
This contract will be awarded for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The funding envelope for Lot 1 is 5 600 000 GBP with a total value of 39 200 000 GBP over the 7 year term. Lot 2 has an annual value of 7 700 000 GBP with a total value of 53 900 000 GBP.
There will be an option to extend this contract for a further 2 years at the discretion of the NHS England Lancashire subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.