--- title: "North East Prisons Healthcare Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT" published: "2017-03-13" --- # North East Prisons Healthcare Services Buyer: NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-59977ba0-b290-40e0-b9c5-05f56eba75b8.json) ## Summary The North of England Commissioning Support is planning a procurement for North East Prisons Healthcare Services, comprising primary care, mental health, psycho-social, and dental services, which will be provided across various prisons in the North East of England, including HMP Durham and HMP Frankland. The anticipated contract will commence on 1 April 2018, with an initial duration of 5 years, including possible extensions. Interested businesses are advised that the tender documents are expected to be issued in early June 2017, with registration for expressions of interest available through the Proactis electronic tendering portal. This tender presents significant opportunities for healthcare providers specialising in primary care, mental health, and social care, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). As the procurement encompasses a range of healthcare services, businesses that offer innovative healthcare solutions, mental health supports, or dental services would be well-positioned to submit bids, fostering potential growth within the public healthcare sector. ## Notice The purpose of this Prior Information Notice, is to advise the market of an upcoming Procurement opportunity for NHS England (Cumbria and the North East), who propose to commission the following for North East Prisons Healthcare Services. The Procurement will be split into 4 Lots: Lot 1: Primary Care Services (to include Nursing; Clinical SMS; GP; Pharmacy; Admin and Secondary Care interface). Lot 2: Mental Health, Learning Disability and Declining Cognitive Function Care Lot 3: Psycho Social SMS Lot 4: Dental Services The above services will be provided across the following North East prisons: - HMP/YOI Holme House, - HMP/YOI Durham, - HMP Kirklevington Grange, - HMP/YOI Low Newton, - HMYOI Deerbolt, - HMP Frankland and - HMP Northumberland. It is envisaged that the tender documentation will be issued early June 2017, with an anticipated service commencement date of 01 April 2018. The contract will be awarded for a period of 5 years including extensions. Any potential future procurement will be advertised on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is running this expressions of interest process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cumbria and the North East, the contracting authority. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering system to gather expressions of interest and communicate with potential providers and all communication with NECS, 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. 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 Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the "Opportunities" box, and then searching for "NHSE130 NE Prisons Healthcare Services Prior Information Notice"). To view further information on this specific opportunity, click the button marked "show me". Please note that this facility allows the provider to express an interest only at this stage, potential providers cannot access any documentation - it is NOT a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) exercise and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. An Expression of Interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any potential future tender process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those organisations who do submit an Expression of Interest. Please be aware that all communications and submissions will be conducted via the NECS Proactis portal only. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78a8b67d-1e99-434e-a495-209feb316930 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement 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 | 13 Mar 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Jun 2017 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2018 - 31 Mar 2023 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT | | Locality | STOCKTON ON TEES | | Post town | Cleveland | | Postcode | TS17 6BL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley | | ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees | | Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees | | Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria | | Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 13 Mar 2017 at 09:31 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78a8b67d-1e99-434e-a495-209feb316930 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78a8b67d-1e99-434e-a495-209feb316930 13th March 2017 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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