Published date: 16 May 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 26 May 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Procurement reference

NHSE588 NHSE453 NHSE822

Published date

16 May 2023

Closing date

26 May 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support on behalf of NHS England - North West (Health and Justice) will be issuing the tender documentation for the re-procurement of primary healthcare services, mental health services and dental services across various prisons in the North West as listed below over the coming months. As part of the tender process, site visits are available for potential bidders and will include an overview of the healthcare services, operational considerations of the establishment and a tour of the relevant healthcare areas. Dates and times of the site visits are detailed below:

Lancaster Farms - Monday 5th June 2023 @ 1:30 pm for 2 hours
Preston - Tuesday 6th June 2023 @ 10:00 am for 2 hours
Kirkham - Tuesday 6th June 2023 @ 1:30 pm for 2 hours
Risley - Wednesday 7th June 2023 @ 10:00 am for 2 hours
Thorn Cross - Wednesday 7th June @ 1:30 pm for 2 hours

PLEASE NOTE: the opportunity for site visits will be available on the above dates only, regardless of the service you wish to submit a tender for and you must register to attend the site visits. Potential bidders that do not register will NOT be allowed entry.

If you wish to attend one or more site visits, and in order for access to be granted, please provide the following details via the messaging section within InTend under the project North West Prisons Services Registration for Site Visit(s) :

Site(s) you wish to visit:
Attendees name(s) (Max 2 from your organisation)
National insurance number for each attendee:

The above detail must be returned as a correspondence on the above mentioned project no later than 5pm on Friday 26th May to enable each prison to run its security checks.

To express an interest in attending a site visit, please register on the In-tend e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu and follow the registration instructions.

Please note that it is free to register on In-tend, which can be accessed at any time of day.

Should you have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810(Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).


More information

Additional text

Health and Social Care Services within a prison setting at:
• His Majesty's Prison (HMP) Preston;
• HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms; and
• HMP Risley and HMP Thorn Cross.

Mental Health Services within a prison setting at:
• HMP Preston; and
• HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms.

Dental Services within a prison setting at:
• HMP Kirkham, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Preston; and
• HMP Buckley Hall.


About the buyer

Address

John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
Durham
DH1 3YG
England

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net