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title: "WA12112 - Healthcare Services to Vinney Green Secure Children's Home"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-033773"
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# WA12112 - Healthcare Services to Vinney Green Secure Children's Home

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-033773

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## Summary

NHS England, through the NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW), is currently facilitating a tender process for the provision of healthcare services to Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home, with a total contract value of £5,075,000. This tender falls under the health services category and is conducted using an open procurement method. The contract is due to commence on 1st April 2023 and will span over a period of seven years, with the tender submission deadline on 9th September 2022. The services are required to be delivered in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, as part of a comprehensive approach to addressing the healthcare needs of children and young people in secure settings, ensuring they receive care equivalent to that available in the community.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those that focus on multidisciplinary care for children and young people. Companies with expertise in primary care, mental health services, and emotional wellbeing provision would be particularly well-suited to participate. The ability to deliver timely, child-focused, and comprehensive healthcare in secure settings will be crucial, as successful bidders will play a key role in improving health outcomes for this vulnerable population. Businesses interested in this contract should be prepared to demonstrate their capacity for providing a whole-setting approach to healthcare, as well as their understanding of the specific needs of children in secure environments.

## Notice

NHS England) South West (the Commissioner) seeks a Provider with the capability and capacity to deliver Healthcare Services to Vinney Green Secure Children's Home.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS England) South West (the Commissioner) seeks a Provider with the capability and capacity to deliver Healthcare Services to Vinney Green Secure Children's Home.

The aims and objectives of the service:

* The service is child focused and is based on tools, guidance and interventions that are designed for use with children and young people. 
* Children and young people are provided with a health screen on reception, using the validated Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT). This takes the form of an initial screening followed by more in-depth assessment according to clinical need. 
* Safeguarding of the child is paramount and consideration is always paid to awareness and management of self-harm and suicide. 
* There is understanding among all staff of how and when to share information. 
* Children and young people understand how to access and consent to services, are involved in feedback on services, know how to comment on them and have choices about their treatment where appropriate. 
* Service referral pathways are documented and understood by all staff.
* Healthcare services are not silo based but multidisciplinary, comprehensive and collaborative. There is a lead healthcare coordinator and a health plan for each child. Healthcare staff work together with staff across the secure setting e.g. care staff, education 
* The healthcare service demonstrates a commitment to a 'whole setting' approach to improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people and staff across the Secure Children's Home.
* The healthcare service is committed to the principles of the Framework for Integrated Care (SECURE STAIRS) and can evidence its ongoing delivery across the whole setting.
* Access to healthcare services is timely, consistent and equivalent to that which children and young people would receive in the community. 
* Emergency service provision is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round. 
* Evidence based policies and strategies are in place, that describe why a service is provided in the way it is. 
* Continuity of care is maintained on transition to adult services, to another secure setting and to community services, through collaborative working across the setting. Transition planning includes all aspects of health service provision. 
* Discharge planning starts on reception into the secure setting. 
* Facilities for providing healthcare interventions are, within the confines of the structure of the building, equivalent to those that would be available in the community and are maintained in the same way and subject to the same guidance and legislation. Guidance should be individualised for each secure setting. 
* The service is staffed by people with the particular competencies needed to work with children and young people in secure settings. 
* Staff need to be aware of developing guidance and legislation relating to children and young people to ensure all staff, across the disciplines, act upon new guidance and legislation when published

The healthcare services provision will include:
* General Medical Services
* Mental Health Services
* Primary Care Nursing
* Public Health Programmes
* Emotional Wellbeing services 
* Contraception and sexual health advice services
* Substance misuse services - Psychosocial and pathways to clinical treatment.
* Screening and immunisation
* Diagnostic services
* Smoking Cessation Services
* Management of long-term conditions
* Health promotion and prevention

The service will facilitate access to community based secondary care services, including dentistry and optometry.

The contract term will be for 7 years, with a maximum annual value of PS725,000 and a total maximum contract value of PS5,075,000.00. 

The new contract is due to commence on 1st April 2023. 

Bidders are directed to the specification(s) provided with this opportunity for full details of the programme's objectives and requirements. Additional information: 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 are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020423-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,075,000 |
| Lots value | £5,075,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Additional buyers | THE NHS COMMISSIONING BOARD (OPERATING UNDER THE NAME OF NHS ENGLAND) |
| Locality | RUNCORN |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA7 2ES |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England), TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 27 Jul 2022 at 09:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020423-2022
- 13 May 2022 at 13:28 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012501-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals

## Provenance

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