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title: "Provision of an OPD Intervention Service (The Fens Service) located within HMP Whitemoor"
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# Provision of an OPD Intervention Service (The Fens Service) located within HMP Whitemoor

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034cfe

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## Summary

The North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) is facilitating a procurement process for the provision of an Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Intervention Service, known as The Fens Service, located within HMP Whitemoor. This collaboration between NHS England and HM Prisons and Probation Service aims to enhance risk management and re-offending outcomes by delivering tailored interventions. The service will operate in prison and medium secure settings and involve a contract awarded to a sole provider. The description highlights the service's focus on enhancing psychological wellbeing, pro-social behaviour, and staff competence.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialised in delivering health and social work services. Interested parties should note the procurement stage is currently planned, with an early market engagement event scheduled for July 14, 2022, at HMP Whitemoor. The tender process will involve technical and social value criteria, with a strong emphasis on quality. The contracting authority, NHS England, is seeking innovative solutions to support the four high-level outcomes for the OPD pathway, demonstrating a commitment to efficiency and cost-effectiveness in service delivery.

## Notice

NHS England and HMPPS are working together to re-commission The Fens Service, located within HMP Whitemoor.

This Intervention specification is designed to support the outcomes of the OPD (OPD) Pathway by providing services located in prison or medium secure settings that deliver individually tailored and psychologically informed interventions directly to people screened onto the pathway, which aims to enhance the management of risk of serious harm to others and re-offending, and develop psychological wellbeing and social engagement. This service will operate consistently with other OPD services in prison, NHS secure, community and health settings. 
The outcome of this procurement will be a contract

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This Intervention specification is designed to support the outcomes of the OPD (OPD) Pathway by providing services located in prison or medium secure settings that deliver individually tailored and psychologically informed interventions directly to people screened onto the pathway, which aims to enhance the management of risk of serious harm to others and re-offending, and develop psychological wellbeing and social engagement. This service will operate consistently with other OPD services in prison, NHS secure, community and health settings. 
The outcome of this procurement will be a contract award to a sole provider, who will ensure that the service supports the four high level outcome for the OPD pathway. These are: 
For men, a reduction in repeat serious sexual and/or violent offending; or for women, a reduction in repeat offending of specified offences; 
Improved psychological health, wellbeing, pro-social behaviour and relational outcomes; 
Improved competence, confidence and attitudes of staff working with complex people who are likely to have severe 'personality disorder'; 
Increased efficiency, cost effectiveness and quality of OPD pathway services
Bidders are asked to note that the requirement is for 47 treatment places, with capacity for 23 outreach places and 23 additional residential places. The Co-Commissioners are seeking innovative solutions for those 23 places. This could be, for example, progression/PIPE but not limited to that.

Full details of the Authority's requirements are set out in Schedule A-Tender Specification of this ITT.

Renewal: Option to extend by a further 1 x 24 month period, with an option to extend the Contract by a further 3 x 12 month period

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016357-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Nov 2022 |
| Future notice date | 31 Aug 2022 |
| Award date | 2 Apr 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £18,500,000 |
| Lots value | £18,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £18,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| 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 | TLH1 East Anglia |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

## Release History

- 23 May 2024 at 14:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016357-2024
- 14 Oct 2022 at 11:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029005-2022
- 1 Jul 2022 at 10:50 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018007-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk//
- https://www.noecpc.nhs.uk

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