Published date: 4 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: 13 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

Project_945 itt_995

Published date

4 July 2018

Closing date

13 August 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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

NHS Arden GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England (The Contracting Authority) is inviting suitable organisations to tender for the provision of Integrated Healthcare Services at HMP Bure, HMP Wayland, HMP Norwich and HMP Chelmsford. There are 4 lots: Lot 1 - HMP Bure and HMP Wayland: Primary care,Therapies, public health and sexual health, Clinical substance misuse, Mental health; Lot 2 - HMP Norwich : Mental Health, HMP Norwich, HMP Bure, HMP Wayland : IAPT, Liaison and Diversion Services across Norfolk
and Suffolk; Lot 3 - HMP Norwich : Primary care and pharmacy
HMP Bure, HMP Wayland : Pharmacy provision; Lot 4: HMP Chelmsford : Primary care, Therapies, public health and sexual health, Clinical and non-clinical substance misuse, Mental health.
Organisations wishing to submit a bid will need to register on the Arden GEM Bravo solutions website and complete the ITT documentation at the following location: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/
login.html
The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 12:00 noon on 13.08.2018. The main ITT reference
is 995.
A bidder event is planned for the 18th July 2018 at NHS England Offices in Fulbourn, Cambridge. Any bidders wishing to attend this event should send their request via use the message system in Bravo by 17th July 2018.

More information

Additional text

Arden and GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations2015
(the "Regulations"). The Service is being procured under "Schedule 3 - Social and Other Specific Services".
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication
shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the
Regulations.
The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.
Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender.
1) Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once).
Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept
the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details.
- Note the user-name you chose and click 'Save' when complete,
- You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2) Express an Interest in the tender.
- Login to the portal with the username/password.
Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations
toTender open to any registered supplier).
- Click on the relevant main ITT 995 to access the content,
- Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page,
- This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your
projects only),
- You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box.
3) Responding to the tender.
- Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to
Respond' (please give a reason if declining),
- You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT,
- There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help
available).
You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any
further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Horrocks

Address

Cardinal Square
10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

chris.horrocks@nhs.net