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title: "NHS England (East of England) - Commissioning Intentions for 2024"
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# NHS England (East of England) - Commissioning Intentions for 2024

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042ca7

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## Summary

NHS England (East of England) is planning a procurement process titled "Commissioning Intentions for 2024" in the services industry category of Health services. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, and the market engagement event is scheduled for 30th January 2024. Interested providers have until 26th January 2024 to complete the questionnaire. The event will be held via MS Team, focusing on services such as NHS Talking Therapies, Non-Custodial services, Healthcare services at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, and SARC Talking Therapies.

This tender by NHS England offers opportunities for businesses providing mental health, healthcare, and rehabilitation services. Providers in the fields of talking therapy services, liaison and diversion, mental health treatment, and regional healthcare services are well-suited to compete. The opportunity encompasses multiple lots covering a range of services across different regions in East of England, aiming to improve mental health outcomes and wellbeing for diverse populations. Businesses focusing on evidence-based, flexible, and person-centered services are likely to find this tender attractive for business growth.

## Notice

NHS England (East of England) is holding Market Engagement event to ascertain interest and feedback in relation to their Commissioning intentions for the provision of the following services: 

Service 1: NHS Talking Therapies Service - Suffolk Prisons (HMP Highpoint, HMP Warren Hill and HMP Hollesley Bay)

Service 2: Non-Custodial services - Liaison and Diversion, Mental Health Treatment Requirements and Regional RECONNECT Service 

Service 3: - Healthcare services at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (Children and Young People)

Service 4 - SARC Talking Therapies 

Interested providers should note, that the above mentioned services are to be Commissioned independently of each other.

Market Engagement will be held at 10:00 hrs on 30th January 2024 via MS Team, If you wish to attend the event please complete the relevant part of the questionnaire, the closing date for the questionnaire is 12 noon on Friday 26th January 2024 (invites to the Market Engagement event will be sent out following the closing date). The questionnaire also contains questions relating to the services advertised on which we are looking for feedback from potential providers. 

The questionnaire is available at the following link https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - Project Reference: C231220

### Lot Information

Service 1: NHS Talking Therapies Service - Suffolk Prisons

NHS Talking Therapies Service - Suffolk Prisons (HMP Highpoint, HMP Warren Hill and HMP Hollesley Bay)

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) serves to inform the market of provider organisations in the field of mental health, well-being and talking therapy services, that NHSE East of England Health and Justice are looking to procure in the future an NHS Talking Therapies service.

It is planned that the proposed procurement will contain one lot.

The service shall provide prison orientated, evidence-based psychological therapies to prisoners in the three Suffolk prisons with 'common' mental health problems - aligned to the NHS Talking Therapies Manual (2023) (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).

The service shall be flexible and responsive to the population needs and operate a bio- psychosocial model of care; taking an individual's needs into consideration to plan holistic and integrated interventions to improve wellbeing. The service will work closely with the other prison healthcare providers (primary healthcare, mental health, and psychosocial substance misuse) and the Integrated Care System (ICS) to ensure this is implemented effectively. This shall include a tiered approach to support, dependent on need, employing warm handovers and single trusted assessments to other services which can support people's mental health and wider determinants of wellbeing.

Scope

The service will take a 'needs led' approach, such that prisoners with needs that can be met by the service should be offered and engaged with it. Further to this, the service will proactively engage with prisoner population groups where there are recognised risks, low rates of engagement or health inequalities. The service shall also offer opportunities for all who access the service to be involved in participation forums to facilitate co-production and service user involvement with service improvement projects.

Service 2: L&D, MHTR and RECONNECT

Non-Custodial services - Liaison and Diversion, Mental Health Treatment Requirements and RECONNECT Service

NHS England (East of England) is looking to commission high quality, efficient, sustainable and cost-effective Liaison and Diversion (L&D), Mental Health treatment Requirements (MHTR) and Regional RECONNECT Services for the patients in East of England. Current contractual arrangements are due to expire on 31/03/2025 and the Commissioners is looking to commission the services as follows:

Lot 1 - Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes L&D and the provision of MHTR in Bedfordshire (MK MHTR TBC) 
Lot 2 - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough L&D and the provision of MHTR 
Lot 3 - Hertfordshire L&D and the provision of MHTR
Lot 4 - A single Regional RECONNECT Service

Service 3: - Healthcare services at Oakhill Secure Training Centre

Healthcare services at Oakhill Secure Training Centre

Service 4 : SARC Talking Therapies

SARC Talking Therapies

The overall objective of the service is to reduce the mental distress experienced by survivors because of sexual assault or abuse, and to positively impact their mental health and wellbeing. This will be achieved by providing rapid access to short-term psychological interventions to support male and female adults and children. The access criteria for this service is those who have attended the SARC from the immediate aftermath to 12 months of a sexual offence, whether the incident is subject to criminal justice proceedings or not.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001083-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Mar 2024 |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## 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 | TLH East (England), TLH14 Suffolk CC, TLJ12 Milton Keynes |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

## Release History

- 12 Jan 2024 at 11:43 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001083-2024

## Notice URLs

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

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