Integrated Healthcare Services to HMP Ford, HMP Lewes, and HMP/YOI Winchester

```json { "is_valid_notice": true, "overview": "NHS England South East is looking for healthcare providers to run medical services in three UK prisons (HMP Ford, HMP Lewes, and HMP/YOI Winchester) for 7 years starting 2027. The work covers everything from GP services and dentistry to mental health, substance misuse treatment, and pharmacy, with a total contract value of around £104.7 million split across two lots.", "requirements": [ "Capacity and capability to provide outcome-focused, integrated, patient-centred primary healthcare services", "Ability to deliver services equivalent to those available in the local community", "Demonstrated competence in physical health, mental health, substance misuse, and dental services", "Ability to act as a prime provider and manage subcontractors", "Capacity to manage GP provision and primary care nursing for long-term conditions", "Dental services delivery capability", "Pharmacy services management including out-of-hours provision", "Mental health and learning disability services (primary and secondary)", "Substance misuse services including specialist wings management", "Ability to establish and manage community pathways and continuity of care post-release", "Data management, intelligence and reporting capability", "Willingness to accept TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) — existing staff will transfer to you", "For Lot 2 (Winchester): ability to provide social care via Section 75 agreement with Local Authority", "Risk-share agreement capability for escort and bedwatch services", "Clinical governance and regulatory compliance in prison healthcare settings" ], "key_tasks": [ "Provide general practitioner (GP) services across all three prison sites", "Deliver primary care nursing including management of long-term conditions (diabetes, hypertension, etc.)", "Run dental services for all prisoners", "Manage pharmacy services including out-of-hours medication access and dispensing", "Operate inpatient unit at HMP Lewes (Lot 1) and HMP/YOI Winchester (Lot 2)", "Deliver substance misuse treatment services including specialist wings at HMP Lewes and HMP/YOI Winchester", "Provide optometry and audiology services", "Deliver podiatry and musculoskeletal therapies", "Operate consultant-led pain management clinics", "Provide primary and secondary mental health and learning disability services", "Conduct blood-borne virus testing with funding and facility provision where needed", "Deliver sexual health screening (Tiers 1 and 2)", "Provide smoking cessation support and health promotion", "Arrange therapies and counselling services", "Manage escort and bedwatch services (via risk-share agreement)", "Provide administrative and data management support including data intelligence reporting", "Establish pathways to secondary care and community health services for continuity of care after release", "For Lot 2 only: coordinate social care provision via Local Authority Section 75 agreement" ], "how_to_read": [ "This is split into two separate contracts (Lots 1 and 2) — you can bid for one or both. Lot 1 covers HMP Ford (389 prisoners) and HMP Lewes (623 prisoners) starting April 2027. Lot 2 covers HMP/YOI Winchester (678 prisoners) starting July 2027. The values are £54.7m and £50m respectively.", "The key phrase 'prime provider' means you'll be the main contractor — NHS England contracts with you, and you can hire subcontractors for specialist services. This is important because you don't need to deliver everything yourself, but you must manage and be accountable for all services.", "TUPE applies — this means the existing healthcare staff working in these prisons will automatically transfer to your organisation if you win. Budget for continuity, redundancy costs if needed, and staff retention.", "Look carefully at the service specification documents (referenced but not shown here) — they'll detail staffing levels, opening hours, performance targets, and clinical standards. These are essential for costing your bid accurately.", "The deadline is 31st July 2026 at noon — tender responses must go through the NHS Atamis e-procurement system (health-family.force.com). Register early as system access can take time. Note that NHS SCW managing this procurement may transfer to a successor during the process — stay alert for updates." ], "sme_tips": [ "Consider consortium bidding or strong subcontracting partnerships — most small providers won't deliver all services alone. Partner with dental practices, mental health specialists, substance misuse charities, and pharmacy providers early. Name your key partners in your bid to show capability.", "The 'recovery-oriented' and 'community pathways' language is important — NHS England wants continuity of care beyond prison release. Highlight any experience you have linking prisoners to community GP practices, drug treatment services, housing, and employment support. This often scores highly in evaluation.", "Budget carefully for TUPE staff