NHS England South(South East) - Provision of Kent and Medway Prisons Mental Health Services

NHS England South (South East), the commissioner, seeks to commission an Integrated Mental Health Service for Kent and Medway Prisons to; HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside, HMP Standford Hill HMP/YOI Rochester, HMP Maidstone, HMP/YOI East Sutton Park The contract will be for an initial term of 5 years, with a possible extension of a further 2 years, at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence 1st July 2019.

The Commissioner has a total maximum budget available of £2,284,000, per annum. The Commissioner will be contracting for the Services using the standard NHS England contract (full length) for services.

The service provider will provide a recovery focused, trauma informed integrated mental health service to HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside, HMP Standford Hill, HMP/YOI Rochester, HMP Maidstone and HMP/YOI East Sutton Park. This service will provide psychologically informed, evidence based specialist support for all those assessed as requiring interventions to address mental health, personality disorder, and support for individuals with learning disabilities.

The service will work closely with the substance misuse treatment provider and others where dual diagnosis is identified and with primary care and others where co-morbid physical or social care needs are present, and will utilise a "stepped care" model as appropriate. The service will be available to all prisoners within the establishment(s).

The service must meet the unique needs of each establishment and take into account the needs of the population within that establishment. Bidders/providers must be prepared to work with commissioners to implement any nationally mandated directives, whether during the procurement or the ensuing contract.

If you are interested in this opportunity please submit a tender response via the eProcurement system In-Tend. Full tender documentation and tender questions for response are accessed via this system.

For further information please see additional information section below. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of NHS England South (South East).

Additional information: Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the "current tenders" list on in-tend. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home In order to participate in this procurement, you will need to "express an interest" and register on the system. On registration, please include at least 2 contacts to allow for access to the portal in times of absence.

The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU("the Directive") and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations"). The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations.

The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific arts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule3of the Regulations. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations74 to 77).