Healthcare Services to the children and young people - Clayfields House and Lincolnshire Secure Unit

Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, acting on behalf of NHS England (Health and Justice, North Midlands) (i.e. the Commissioner) invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare providers including third sector organisations, social enterprise and other providers to provide Integrated Healthcare Services (IHS) to the children and young people residing within Clayfields House and Lincolnshire Secure Unit. NHS England will be the contracting and commissioning authority for IHS.

Providers can bid for one or both lots. The service provision will cater for all children and young people whom reside within the Units and fulfil their regular healthcare needs.

The current healthcare contracts will end on the 31st March 2017 and as a result the successful providers are expected to be fully operational, providing services from the 1st April 2017, with an anticipated mobilisation period of 2 months from 1st February 2017. For this service provision, the Commissioner would like to encourage innovative solutions including consortia, strategic alliances and sub-contracts which will deliver value for money and improved services for the children and young people.

The Commissioner encourages innovation and use of technology within service delivery. They are seeking patient centred solutions for the provision of this service with the following aims: - Deliver a high quality care which is flexible and meets the varying patient needs within both units; - Find a provider who is able to work effectively and in partnership with the Secure Units within a secure setting; - Establish contracts for services that have been market tested to represent best clinical quality.

Additional information: NHS England is seeking expressions of interest from providers who may be interested in tendering for the service. If you are interested in being included in bidding for the service, please register on Bravo and follow the instructions for completing the 'PQQ' relating to this notice (i.e.PQQ: pqq_289 - Clayfields House and Lincolnshire Secure Units - Market assessment).

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 user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT 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 online 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.

This is not a PQQ. We are using this functionality within the Arden & GEM Bravo procurement portal to communicate with interested parties.

This is purely an exercise to assess the interest from the market regarding this procurement exercise. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the relevant procurement advertisement as and when published. Please can you complete the 'PQQ' by 12 noon on the 2nd September 2016.