Published date: 18 November 2022
This notice was replaced on 15 February 2023
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 25 September 2023)
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
North East
Procurement reference
NHSE834 - Request for Information - Primary Healthcare - Dental Services at Derwentside IRC
Published date
18 November 2022
Closing date
2 December 2022
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation and is managing this market engagement exercise and a possible future procurement process for the provision of Primary Healthcare Services and Dental Services under separate Lots for female only accommodation with a capacity of 84 beds at Derwentside Immigration and Removal Centre for NHS England North East and Yorkshire Health & Justice, Cumbria, and the North East (the Contracting Authority).
The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Services at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, Corbridge Rd, Consett, DH8 6QY and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 21 November 2022 and the RFI questionnaire must be completed on-line and submitted by 12.00 noon on 02 December 2022.
It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder.
It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest in this RFI exercise is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and complete and submit the on-line RFI questionnaire.
Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time if you have a working internet connection. The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu.
Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) may or may not apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
More information
Links
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- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
- Market studies
- Access to RFI Documentation
Additional text
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This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market to inform the further development of draft proposals for future Primary Healthcare Services and Dental Services at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, Corbridge Rd, Consett, DH8 6QY and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.
Lot 1 - Primary Healthcare Services 1700000 GBP per annum for female only accommodation at a capacity of 84 beds.
Lot 2 - Dental Services 86000 GBP per annum for female only accommodation at a capacity of 84 beds.
The objective of the RFI is to understand:-
- The market capability and capacity to deliver the service.
- The preferred contractual model for delivering the service.
- If the service model is viable and sustainable for the length of the contract.
- The preferred / most viable contract length.
- If there are any financial risks with the delivery of the service.
- The mobilisation requirements of the service.
- Any barriers to bidding and whole service risk.
- The social value deliverable's of the service.
The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 21 November 2022 and the RFI questionnaire must be completed on-line and submitted by 12.00 noon on 02 December 2022.
A future procurement opportunity could be published in February 2023.
About the buyer
Contact name
NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Address
John Snow House, Durham University Science Park
County Durham
DH1 3YG
England
Telephone
+44 1642746918
Website
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