Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East
Darlington
UK
Telephone: +44 1642745000
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)
Teesdale House, Westpoint Road
Stockton on Tees
TS17 6BL
UK
E-mail: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Healthcare Provision for North East Prisons
Reference number: NHSE323
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East who wish to commission healthcare services for North East Prisons.
The term of the contract will be 6 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years with effect from 1.4.2020.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
240 300 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Health and Justice — Cumbria and North East who wish to commission healthcare provision for prisons, within the locality of North East England.
(Important note: If prison reconfiguration and reform results in new geographical locations or potentially new build establishments or prison re-roles then the contract holder will be required to respond accordingly and be flexible in how operational services are to be deployed).
NHS England is seeking to procure healthcare provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the 7 prison establishments, as outlined below:
HMP and YOI Durham Reception;
HMP and YOI Low Newton Closed Female;
HMP Frankland High Security;
HMP Northumberland Cat C Trainer;
HMP Holme House Cat C Trainer (and Drug Recovery Prison);
HMP Kirklevington Grange Resettlement;
HMYOI Deerbolt Closed Male YOI.
The new service model will encompass the same prison establishments, but the service model will change and will comprise of 1 prime provider contract with 3 service specifications:
— prison community care services, including primary care nursing, gp, pharmacy, administration, IM&T and IT support,
— prison mental health, including learning disability, cognitive impairment and dementia care services, and
— prison substance misuse, including clinical and psychosocial substance misuse.
Dental services are not within the scope of the procurement but there is a requirement for the provider to work with prison dentistry colleagues.
Bidders need to note that HMP Holme House is designated as a national Drug Recovery Prison (DRP) pilot as a joint Ministry of Justice/NHS England 3 year project. The newly developed ways of working from the project are expected to continue being embedded and learning spread across the North East. Significant national and ministerial scrutiny should be expected.
The basic principles that mirror that of the open procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Tender documentation will be available on e-tendering site on 25.4.2019.
The closing date for submission of tenders is 12:00 noon on 20.6.2019.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
240 300 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2020
End:
31/03/2029
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
"Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider:
(a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social and environmental well-being”. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (for health, social, education and certain other service contracts)."
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/pdfs/uksi_20150102_en.pdf
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 157-360619
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/06/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such there will be no hard copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Please note that it is free to register on PROACTIS, which can be accessed at any time of day.
The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House, Westpoint Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.necsu.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Teesdale House
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will act in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Part 3 of these regulations provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dis-satisfied bidder is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Royal Courts of Justice — The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/04/2019