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 – Virtual Market Engagement Event — Integrated Healthcare Services to HMPs Send, Downview, Coldingley, High Down and Bronzefield
This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice and relates only to a pre-procurement virtual market engagement event and questionnaire.
NHSEI invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced prime providers who have the capability and capacity to provide integrated healthcare services including primary care, pharmacy, mental health and substance misuse services, equivalent to that available to the local community, to Surrey prisons. The prisons in scope are to be confirmed, but are expected to include:
NHSEI will commission a prime provider model for the services and will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers.
If you are interested in attending this virtual event, please register on the e-Procurement portal, In-Tend and submit a completed provider market engagement questionnaire.
This notice is placed as a prior information notice and relates only to a pre-procurement market virtual engagement event and questionnaire.
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) South East invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced prime providers who have the capability and capacity, to provide integrated healthcare services, equivalent to that available to the local community to Surrey prisons. The prisons in scope are to be confirmed, but are expected to include:
NHSEI will commission a prime provider model for the provision of services and will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers.
The indicative date for the contract to commence is 1 April 2022. The indicative annual contract value is GBP 24 million.
This service will be commissioned as part of the overall offender health pathway within the prisons and as such this model will ensure an integrated, recovery orientated service delivery system, both within the prisons and onwards into the community. The service will focus on delivering person-centred care within seamless, integrated structured clinical and psychosocial interventions/services in prison, and facilitating arrangements through the gate into the community to ensure effective continuity of care.
Close joint working with other healthcare services, as well as other departments within the prison such as education, offender management, and physical education, is imperative to the success of the delivery of this service.
• mental health and emotional wellbeing services including: primary and secondary mental health and learning disability services;
In addition, the provider will be responsible for ensuring that effective and meaningful pathways of care are established with community based specialist health provision, including hospital based services.
NHSEI intend to conduct a virtual market engagement event with potential prime providers, currently expected to take place on the morning of 19 November and taking the form of a briefing and Q&A opportunity. Prime providers will be able to gain further understanding of the Commissioner’s intentions around service requirements and procurement/contracting strategy.
Further details of the event including joining instructions and final timings will be provided to those potential prime providers who express an interest, once the PIN has closed.