Published date: 25 July 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0 to £10,000

Procurement reference

BIP335120136

Published date

25 July 2018

Closing date

3 August 2018

Contract start date

31 August 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The requirement is for our PD Pathway, Assessment & Treatment service based at HMP Wayland, a Cat C male prison near Thetford, Norfolk. The Pathway services are provided by NSFT as part of a partnership with HMPS and are commissioned jointly by NHS England and HMPPS. The service requires approximately 10 x initial assessment/and/or end of treatment risk assessment reports to be conducted per annum, on an as required basis. The initial assessments will need to include a core set of structured forensic assessments and, where necessary, clinical assessments of area such as ADHD and trauma symptomology, together with the collection of some primary care-level screening measures. Additional assessment may be required on a case by case basis, depending on client and service need. The appointed contractor may also need to work with PD Pathway clinicians to ensure that the evidence from existing treatment reviews and therapy reports is included in end of treatment reports. Core measures are likely to include, the following, though this may differ from case to case..

1.HCR-20 (V3)
2.IPDE
3.PCL-R
4.SAPROF
5.WAIS -IV

Reports produced will be used to influence treatment decisions in the PD Pathway and to alert front line clinicians to areas of significant clinical risk. Therefore, the provider will need to ensure that assessing clinicians are familiar with the service, its ethos, and the available treatment pathways and mandated therapeutic approaches that it offers, as well as orientated to the prison system in general. Reports may be represented as part of Parole Board hearings and therefore, it is essential that all assessing clinicians are appropriately qualified and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as practitioner psychologists or equivalent.

The provider will also need to demonstrate that it has a relevant, up to date understanding of Information Governance in relation to the client group and setting, and have processes in place in order to satisfy the professional and organisational needs to maintain client and service confidentiality.

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The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul A Smith

Address

Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
UK

Telephone

01473266353

Email

paul.a.smith@nsft.nhs.uk