Published date: 9 October 2023

Last edited date: 9 October 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 20 November 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Procurement reference

PRJ-1312

Published date

9 October 2023

Closing date

20 November 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS North East London (NEL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) the 'ICB' is seeking to procure Individual Placement and Support services (IPS) in the following locations:
• Lot 1 - London Borough of Newham
• Lot 2 - London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest

The contracts will have an initial term of 3 years (36 months), followed by an optional extension of 2 years (24 months) at the discretion of the commissioner.

Contracts to be procured:

Lot 1 - Newham
• The contract will commence from April of 2024.
• The contract value is £308,432 annually or £ £1,542,160 over 5 years.
• To deliver IPS access to 160 people in 2024/25, 240 people in 2025/26 and 330 in 2026/27

Lot 2 - Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest
• The contract will commence from April of 2024.
• The contract value is £ £893,975 annually or £4,469,875 over 5 years.
• To deliver IPS access to 596 people per annum

This is a Prior Information notice to inform potential providers that the ICB intends to undertake a competitive Tender process to procure the aforementioned contracts.

The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market of a possible procurement. In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this PIN. Any future procurement activity in relation to the services that are the subject of this PIN may be the subject of a separate notice.

Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of potential service providers. In such circumstances, and in any event, NHS England, the ICB or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by the respondent and company, agent, subsidiary or organisation may have contributed to any response submitted to this notice.

More information

Links

  • https://forms.office.com/e/YVFV1FZHv7
  • Project plan
  • Please use the link provided above to view the project timeline. The ICB invites interested Providers to provide feedback on the procurement. In order to assist the ICB with testing its assumptions and proposed service requirements, we ask that interested organisations submit responses to the market engagement questionnaire using the above link. Please complete and submit the feedback by 5 pm on 16 October 2023.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ahsan Haji

Address

4th floor, Unex Tower, 5 Station Street
LONDON
E15 1DA
United Kingdom

Email

hub.queries@nhs.net