Market Engagement Event for Integrated Healthcare Services at HMP Whatton

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England - Midlands is carrying out a market assessment for the provision of Integrated Healthcare Services at HMP Whatton. For this service provision, NHS England would like to encourage innovative solutions including strategic alliances which will deliver value for money and improved services to patients.

The service provider(s) will be required to deliver an outcome based high quality and integrated service. HMP Whatton is a specialist treatment centre for adult men convicted of sexual offences.

The prison requires an Integrated Healthcare service which consists of Primary Healthcare to include GP and Nursing care, Mental Health service to include primary care and secondary care, Integrated Substance Misuse services, Dental, Optometry, Physiotherapy Infectious Diseases, Pharmacy and Health Promotion. This service is expected to be fully operational by 1st April 2020.

Indicative Funding (pending approval and further analysis) available for the Services is £2,869,480 p/a. NHS England aims to offer a contract opportunity for a 3 Years with the option to extend on an annual basis for a maximum of 1 further year.

(i.e.3 +1), subject to market feedback and internal approval. The aim of the market engagement exercise is to inform potential providers on the opportunity and to assist the commissioner in deciding on the most appropriate strategy for the future procurement.

If you wish to express an interest, please register on the EU Supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK . The project reference is 35251.

The market assessment questionnaire has been published separately. Therefore we would be grateful if you could also register against: Quote/tender 35251 - Market Engagement Event for Integrated Healthcare at HMP Whatton and complete and submit the questionnaire to confirm your interest.

The market engagement event is planned for the 2nd May 2019. Organisations who wish to attend the Market Engagement Event must register their interest by completing the questionnaire as explained above.

Please note that no more than two individuals per organisation can attend the event. Market Engagement Event details will only be sent to those organisations who have completed the questionnaire to confirm their attendance.

Organisations who wish to attend the Market engagement event should register their interest by 12 noon 30th April 2019. Additional information: Any submitted response to this PIN notice will not automatically entitle your involvement in any future procurement exercise.

Any procurement conducted as a result of this notice will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published. Arden and GEM CSU welcomes and appreciates your organisation's effort for registering interest to participate within the procurement exercise related to this PIN notice, but wishes to stress that your involvement at this stage will not carry any commercial advantage in any ensuing procurement process.