Published date: 3 July 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 11 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PQQ_511

Published date

3 July 2018

Approach to market date

11 July 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England Midlands & East (East) is intending to commission a provider to deliver a Liaison & Diversion Service in Cambridgeshire with an enhanced women's pathway. Liaison and Diversion services aim to support people early in the criminal justice pathway
and aim to operate in police investigation centres, magistrates & crown courts and other sites. The service intends to provide rapid assessment and signposting to a range of services including support with people with MH issues, LD, substance misuse, and other
health and social needs. The Commissioner wishes to extend the scope of the service to provide in reach Liaison and Diversion services to remand prisons in the region to ensure continuity of care between police custody and prisons.
The contract is anticipated to commence on 1st April 2019 for a duration of 5 years.
Estimated Annual Contract Value: £1 million per annum.

The Commissioner was like to inform potential bidders of a further market engagement event followed by a site visit to HMP Peterborough to be held on Friday 13th July 2018. The Market engagement event will be held from 10am to 11.30am followed by the visit to HMP Peterborough at 12 noon. If you wish to attend the further Market Engagement Event and site visit on the 13th July 2018, please complete the PQQ_511 to register your attendee. The market engagement event will be held at:- Queensgate Hotel,
5-7 Fletton Avenue, Peterborough, PE2 8AX followed by a site visit to HMP Peterborough. Please note the deadline for registering your interest to attend the Market Engagement event and site
visit is 12 noon on 11th July 2018.Only one delegate per organisation will be permitted to attend this event.
Please note that an expression of interest in this market event will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement(s) conducted as a result of this event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to
participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it may be published.

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2018/2019 £0

Additional text

If your organisation is interested in providing the services as set out above and attending the second market engagement event and site visit to HMP Peterborough scheduled to take place on Friday 13th July 2018 please see the following instructions below to confirm a place.
1. Express an interest by:
a) logging into the Arden & GEM CSU e-Tendering portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
(registration and use of the website is free of charge).
b) Selecting respond to advert and PQQ_511
2. Complete the market assessment questionnaire and request a place at the market engagement event and site visit to HMP Peterborough. Bidders should submit their expression of interest to attend the market engagement event by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 11th July 2018.
Please note we are only able to accept one attendee per organisation.
This is purely a market engagement exercise, any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.

About the buyer

Contact name

Balbir Samra

Address

Cardinal Square
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

balbir.samra@nhs.net