Healthcare Provision for Young People in Prisons

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

NHS England — North (Yorkshire and Humber)
Building 3, Ground Floor, Leeds City Office Park, Meadow Lane
Contact point(s): Health and Justice Commissioning Team
LS11 5BD Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1642746827
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA31749

Electronic access to information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home

Further information can be obtained from: North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Thornaby
Contact point(s): Healthcare Procurement and Market Management
For the attention of: Sharon Peirson
TS17 6BL Stockton-on-Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1642746911
Internet address: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Thornaby
TS17 6BL Stockton-on-Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1642746911
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Thornaby
TS17 6BL Stockton-on-Tees
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1642746911
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs/aspx/Home

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Health

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Healthcare Provision: Adults and Young People in Prison and Prescribed Places of Detention (W. Yorks and York).

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: West Yorkshire and York.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York.
The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the seven PPD establishments across West Yorkshire and York. These are structured as four ‘clusters’ (Lots) as follows:
* High Security Estate — HMP Wakefield
* Adult Male Prisons — HMP Leeds and HMP Wealstun
* Women’s Prisons — HMP Askham Grange and HMP & YOI New Hall
* Young Offender Institute and Secure Children’s Home — HMYOI Wetherby and Adel Beck
The new service model tendered is designed to deliver:
* An integrated and coherent healthcare delivery model across the four ‘cluster’ systems comprising the seven establishments as aligned to both local healthcare systems and to local offender management pathways;
* The three key strategic commissioning goals for offenders’ health: to reduce health inequalities; to ensure services are integrated; and to reduce health risk factors;
* Improved provider capability and capacity, including effective and simplified contracting models with robust subcontracting and supply chain arrangements to deliver improved service quality and performance;
* Greater value for money from whole system capability and capacity, including more efficient operations underpinned by strengthened contract management arrangements; and
* Cost improvement from testing the market through a competitive tender to secure new provision through contract(s) award and a subsequent innovative contracting model (prime contractor model).
Services in scope are:
* Prison General Practitioner (Medical)
* Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service
* Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service
* Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS)
* Dental Services
* Optometry Service
* Pharmacy and Medicines Management
* Sexual Health and Genito Urinary Medicines (GUM)
* Therapies
* Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a)
* Information Management and Technology
Lot 1 (High Security Estate — HMP Wakefield)
Lot 2 (Adult Male Prisons — HMP Leeds and HMP Wealstun)
Lot 3 (Women’s Prisons — HMP Askham Grange and HMP & YOI New Hall)
Lot 4 (Young Offender Institute and Secure Children’s Home) — HMYOI Wetherby and Adel Beck Secure Children’s Home.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Lot 1 — 21 357 233 GBP;
Lot 2 — 39 899 260 GBP;
Lot 3 — 19 828 735 GBP;
Lot 4 — 14 683 494 GBP.

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Starting 1.4.2016. Completion 31.3.2021

Information about lots

Lot No: 3Lot title: Healthcare Provision for Women’s Prisons (HMP Askham Grange & HMP & YOI New Hall)

1)Short description

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York.
The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the seven PPD establishments across West Yorkshire and York.
This Lot is for healthcare provision at HMP Askham Grange & HMP & YOI New Hall.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000

3)Quantity or scope

Services in scope are:
— Prison General Practitioner (Medical);
— Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service;
— Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service;
— Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS);
— Dental Services;
— Optometry Service;
— Pharmacy and Medicines Management;
— Sexual Health and Genito Urinary Medicines (GUM);
— Therapies;
— Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a);
— Information Management and Technology.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 19 828 735 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Starting 1.4.2016. Completion 31.3.2021

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: Healthcare Provision for High Security Estates (HMP Wakefield)

1)Short description

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York.
The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the seven PPD establishments across West Yorkshire and York.
This Lot is for Healthcare Provision for High Security Estates (HMP Wakefield).

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000

3)Quantity or scope

Services in scope are:
— Prison General Practitioner (Medical);
— Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service;
— Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service;
— Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS);
— Dental Services;
— Optometry Service;
— Pharmacy and Medicines Management;
— Sexual Health and Genito Urinary Medicines (GUM);
— Therapies;
— Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a);
— Information Management and Technology.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 21 357 233 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Starting 1.4.2016. Completion 31.3.2021

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2Lot title: Healthcare Provision for Adult Male Prisons (HMP Leeds & HMP Wealstun)

1)Short description

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York.
The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the seven PPD establishments across West Yorkshire and York.
This Lot is for healthcare provision at HMP Leeds & HMP Wealstun.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000

3)Quantity or scope

Services in scope are:
— Prison General Practitioner (Medical);
— Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service;
— Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service;
— Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS);
— Dental Services;
— Optometry Service;
— Pharmacy and Medicines Management;
— Sexual Health and Genito Urinary Medicines (GUM);
— Therapies;
— Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a);
— Information Management and Technology.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 39 899 260 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Starting 1.4.2016. Completion 31.3.2021

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 4Lot title: Healthcare Provision in Young Offender Institution & Secure Children’s Home (HMYOI Wetherby & Adel Beck SCH)

1)Short description

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York.
The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the seven PPD establishments across West Yorkshire and York.
This Lot is for Healthcare Provision in Young Offender Institution & Secure Children’s Home (HMYOI Wetherby & Adel Beck SCH).

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85100000

3)Quantity or scope

Services in scope are:
— Prison General Practitioner (Medical);
— Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service;
— Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service;
— Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS);
— Dental Services;
— Optometry Service;
— Pharmacy and Medicines Management;
— Sexual Health and Genito Urinary Medicines (GUM);
— Therapies;
— Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a);
— Information Management and Technology.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 14 683 494 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Starting 1.4.2016. Completion 31.3.2021

5)Additional information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

NECS157

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

3.7.2015 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Please note this is a voluntary notice as healthcare services are currently Part B regime in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended), and therefore compliance to the full regulations is not mandatory. The new Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are now in force however there is a delay in application of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) to the commissioning of health services for the purposes of the NHS. Draft regulation 118 provides that the LTR will only apply to the procurement (“commissioning”) of health services for the purposes of the NHS from 18 April 2016. The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed to commission Healthcare Provision for Adults and Young People in Prisons and Other Prescribed Places of Detention (PPD) in West Yorkshire and York thus ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.
A Bidder event for further clarification and explanation of the procurement process has been arranged for (13:00-16:00) on (Friday 5.6.2015). The event will be held at the following venue:
NHS Leadership Academy, Sovereign Street, Leeds, LS1 4GP.
The Invitation to Tender (ITT) and supporting documents are available for all services to download through In-Tend who are the managed service provider for the NECS e-tendering portal.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal —https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by In-tend, the managed service provider for the NECS e-tendering system. It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day. Should potential providers have any queries, or if potential providers are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the In-Tend helpdesk by calling +44 8442728810 (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00) or email support@in-tend.co.uk.The closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 3.7.2015.
(MT Ref:154469).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

22.5.2015