Published date: 11 August 2021

This notice was replaced on 31 March 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 31 March 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1,116,000

Procurement reference

WA11012/ITT

Published date

11 August 2021

Closing date

22 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

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

NHSEI H&J South East (the Commissioner) seeks to re-commission Lived Experience Services within the South East Secure Adult estate and Secure CYP estate. The procurement is split into 5 lots:

Lot 1: Kent and Medway prisons (HMP Swaleside, HMP Elmley, HMP Standford Hill, HMP Maidstone, HMP/YOI Rochester & HMP/YOI East Sutton Park)

Lot 2: Surrey prisons (HMP Send, HMP/YOI Downview, HMP Coldingley, HMP/YOI High Down & HMP/YOI Bronzefield)

Lot 3: Thames Valley prisons (HMP Grendon, HMP Springhill, HMP Huntercombe & HMP Bullingdon)

Lot 4: Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (IOW) prisons (HMP Ford, HMP Lewes, Gatwick IRC (Brook House & Tinsley House), HMP/YOI Winchester & HMP IOW)

Lot 5 CYP Secure estate (HMYOI Cookham Wood, HMYOI Aylesbury, Lansdowne Secure Children's Home & Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home.

The contribution of service users who have first-hand experience of using the healthcare services within the secure settings is essential to the delivery of effective services and informing the commissioning process. NHSEI H&J is committed to listening and acting upon the voice of the service user in the design, delivery and ongoing performance of healthcare services.

The aims of the Lived Experience Service are:
• To ensure all service users are able to effectively contribute to the continuous improvement of healthcare services, as well as being supported to have an independent voice, through various forms of consultation and regular feedback to secure setting management, the healthcare providers and commissioners
• To ensure service users are able to inform decision-making in relation to healthcare provision
• To help commissioners and healthcare providers ensure that patient/service user outcomes for patients in the H&J system are equivalent to those in the wider community.

The service will be expected to consult/engage with service users on the full range of healthcare services delivered within the establishments via delivery of both on-site and remote service user engagement/participation activities. Providers interested in the CYP Lot are particularly encouraged to develop and utilise participatory activities that are innovative and involve the use of creative activities to elicit service user experience and insight.

The service will also be expected to support Commissioners and facilitate service user involvement in procurement processes for the provision of healthcare services within the establishments (as required over the life of the contract). At this time, it is anticipated that this support will be required for the recommissioning of healthcare services within the Surrey prisons and HMP IOW. If further procurement support requirements are identified, the contract will be varied to include funding for this support.

The service must hold independence from other (e.g. healthcare) service provision in the specified secure settings in order to have the ability to act as an independent and critical friend.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NHS England and NHS Improvement South East - Early Engagement - Lived Experience Services for South East Adult Prisons and Children and Young People Estate

  • Early engagement
  • Published 19 October 2020

Links

Additional text

The contracts are due to commence on 01/04/2022. The contract duration will be 3 years.

The maximum total contract lifecycle values are:
• Lot 1 = £270,000
• Lot 2 = £255,000*
• Lot 3 = £180,000
• Lot 4 = £231,000*
• Lot 5 = £180,000

*Inclusive of funding for procurement support for the recommissioning of healthcare services within the Surrey Adult prisons and HMP IOW.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system In-Tend, available on the following link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

In order to submit a bid, you will need to be registered on the e-procurement system, 'express an interest' and 'Opt in', then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents.

On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence.

The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful Bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the

About the buyer

Contact name

Hannah Morley

Address

South Plaza,Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS13NX
England

Email

Scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net