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title: "NHS England and NHS Improvement South - Site Visits and Meet and Greet Event - Integrated Healthcare Service to Kent and Medway prisons"
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# NHS England and NHS Improvement South - Site Visits and Meet and Greet Event - Integrated Healthcare Service to Kent and Medway prisons

Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1d5fcd5e-dc61-4deb-8007-4815726498c4

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## Summary

The procurement process led by NHS England and NHS Improvement South is currently in the planning stage for an integrated healthcare service at Kent and Medway prisons. The title of the tender is "Site Visits and Meet and Greet Event," aimed at inviting prime providers to express their interest in delivering integrated healthcare services including mental health and pharmacy services. The procurement process will culminate with the contract potentially commencing on 1st April 2021, with an indicative annual contract value of £23,385,355. Key dates include a deadline for expression of interest by 29th January 2020 and engagement events scheduled for the 5th and 6th of February 2020, at various prison locations in the South East of England.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses within the healthcare sector, particularly those experienced in managing integrated healthcare services, including third sector and social enterprise organisations. Companies that provide mental health services, substance misuse treatment, and pharmacy services could be well-suited to compete. The pre-procurement site visits and networking meet and greet event will facilitate direct connections between prime providers and potential subcontractors, enhancing collaboration and business growth in the provision of vital healthcare services to the prison population.

## Notice

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice and relates only to pre-procurement site visits and opportunity for prime providers to meet with potential sub-contractors of the services listed below. NHS England and NHS Improvement South (South East) (the Commissioner) invites expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced Prime Providers, including third sector and social enterprise organisations, private and NHS organisations, to provide integrated pharmacy and integrated healthcare services, mental health and substance misuse services to Kent and Medway prisons, to be confirmed but likely to include; * HMP Swaleside; Category B mens prison * HMP Elmley; local Category B/C men's prison * HMP Standford Hill; Category D men's prison * HMP Maidstone; dedicated Foreign National, Category C men's prison * HMP East Sutton Park; women's open prison and young offender's institute * HMP Rochester; male Young Offenders Institution, * HMP Cookham Wood; male juveniles' prison and Young Offenders Institution Provision includes inpatient unit at HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside. NHS England is currently defining their procurement strategy and 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 1st April 2021. The indicative annual contract value is PS23,385,355. The clinical healthcare services in the contract are likely to include (but are not limited to): * Primary Care Nursing including Long Term Conditions nursing * Access to GP provision * Healthcare Administration * Multi Disciplinary approach to Pain Clinics * Inpatients Unit Services including End of Life / Palliative Care * Mental health and emotional wellbeing services including: Primary and Secondary Mental Health and Learning Disability Services * Sexual Health Services * Clinical Substance Misuse Services * Psycho-social interventions service for substance misusers * Integrated Substance Misuse Services * Public health programmes including health promotion (including smoking cessation) * Responsibility for ensuring Pharmacy Services (including mechanism for OOH provision and Medicines Management Service Delivery) * Dentistry * Optometry, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, and musculoskeletal provision * Appropriate administrative support (including data intelligence and reporting resource) In addition, the provider will be responsible for ensuring: * effective and meaningful pathways of care are established with community based specialist health provision, including hospital based services * The provider may potentially be responsible for social care provision following assessment, subject to co-commissioning arrangements with local authorities The invitation to the pre-procurement site visits is specifically for prime providers only. Additional information: The invitation to the pre-procurement site visits is specifically for prime providers only. To encourage networking, NHS England will also facilitate a meet and greet event where prime providers and potential sub-contractors will have the opportunity to meet and discuss the opportunity. Details of the pre-procurement site visits are as follows; Date: Wednesday 5th February 2020 Establishments: HMP Elmley, Sheerness, ME12 4DZ HMP Swaleside, Sheerness, ME12 4AZ HMP Standford Hill, Sheerness, ME12 4AA Date; Thursday 6th February 2020 Establishments; HMP Rochester, Rochester, ME1 3QS HMP Maidstone, Maidstone, ME14 1UZ HMP East Sutton Park, Maidstone, ME17 3DF The site visit for HMP Cookham Wood was advertised via a separate notice on the 19th December 2019, OJEU ref; 2019 178679. Please refer to this notice for details on how to register for this site visit which will take place on Monday 20th January 2020. Details of the meet and greet are as follows; Date; Wednesday 26th February 2020 Venue; At an accessible venue in Maidstone, Kent, which will be advised upon registration. To express an interest in attending both the site visits (5th and 6th Feb) and/or the meet and greet (20th Feb) event, please register on the e-procurement system, In-Tend, by COP 29th January 2020. We will respond with the time and place to meet for the site visits along with HMPPS requirements to enter a prison. Please also provide the following details using the correspondence function of the system; Name of attendee(s) Job Title of attendee(s) Organisation details, including address and contact details; Which establishment you would like to visit. Please note there is a limit of 2 attendees per organisation. Interested providers will be able to view the market engagement event opportunity via the 'current tenders' list on In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home Please ensure that you indicate in your response whether your organisation is expressing an interest as a potential prime provider or in order for your details to be passed on as a potential sub-contractor. This notice is to advertise events rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS England or respondents to a future procurement or to any award of contracts, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but i

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d478ff3-a1b8-4533-8bcb-0ef4a649fd12 |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jan 2020 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 29 Jan 2020 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS1 3NX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol Central |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 17 Jan 2020 at 12:57 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d478ff3-a1b8-4533-8bcb-0ef4a649fd12
- 10 Jan 2020 at 16:14 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d478ff3-a1b8-4533-8bcb-0ef4a649fd12

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d478ff3-a1b8-4533-8bcb-0ef4a649fd12
  17th January 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
  In-Tend Link

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