Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-19
Buyer: NHS England (North) Cumbria and the North East
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85111500: Psychiatric hospital services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services
Submission deadline: 2017-09-04

Technical requirements: NHS England is seeking to procure healthcare provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the seven prison establishments, as outlined below:
The new service model will encompass the above prison establishments and the service model will comprise of the following service:
— Prison Mental Health, including Learning Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Care Services.
(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.)
The new service model will encompass the prison establishments and the service model will comprise of the following service:
— Prison Mental Health, including Learning Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Care Services Dental services are not within the scope of the procurement but there is a requirement for the Community Care Service provider in particular 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 three year project. This is will attract additional resources and significant Ministerial scrutiny during the first two years of the new service model.
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
Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
The basic principles that mirror that of the Open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.
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.