UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

the National Health Service Commissioning Board (which uses the operational name “NHS England”) is opening the window (“Refresh 1”) for bidders to join the Community Diagnostic Centres Framework and for existing Providers to expand their service offering. The Framework has been established from which NHS England and other NHS bodies (Clinical Commissioning Groups (“CCGs”), NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts (each a “Contracting Authority” and together the “Contracting Authorities”)) will have the ability to award contracts or sub-contracts for a range of clinical services to be provided from community diagnostic hubs (the “Services”). Please refer to the Specification at Document 3 of the ITT for more details of the Services

NHS England intends to invite additional providers to join the ICF. NHS England Increasing Capacity Framework Agreement. The National Health Service Commissioning Board (which uses the operational name ‘NHS England’) has established a framework for clinical services titled Increasing Capacity Framework (ICF) under the light touch regime, and has entered into a framework agreement with each provider appointed to the ICF. The services in scope are: 1) NHS inpatient and outpatient (including full supporting pathology and imaging) services and urgent elective care and cancer treatment to service users in line with nationally set criteria; 2) NHS inpatient non-elective care (either direct admission or transfer from an NHS organisation). The ICF may be accessed by NHS England and all CCGs, and NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts across England and their successor bodies.

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a call for competition, initially to obtain expressions of interest from providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver healthcare services to Vinney Green Children’s Home (SCH) in South Gloucestershire. <br/><br/>The Commissioner (NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) South West), may then choose to proceed directly to a procurement process with parties who have responded to the notice and in this circumstance there shall be no further notice published.<br/><br/>NHSE/I South West is seeking to re-commission healthcare services to Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home (SCH) in South Gloucestershire. <br/>NHSE/I is responsible for commissioning all health services in the Home and for the clinical governance of the services provided. The key objective of the service is for the CYP to receive an equivalent service to that available to the general population with respect to access to services, based on need.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) South East (the Commissioner) are seeking to recommission Level 2 and 3a NHS Orthodontic Services in the Oxford, Thame, Eastleigh and Dover areas. The Commissioner will be contracting for the services using the Standard clauses for a Personal Dental Services (PDS) agreement. The contract term will be for an initial period of 7 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Commissioner and is due to commence on 1st April 2023. The Commissioner has a budget range available from a minimum of £60.28 to a maximum of £64.68 per Unit of Orthodontic Activity (UOA) based on 21/22 prices. The maximum budget per annum for all Lots is £2,393,160. The procurement is split into four lots, as follows so as to provide maximum flexibility to both the Commissioner and Bidders and interested parties may bid for one or two lots; • Lot 1: Oxford • Lot 2: Thame • Lot 3: Eastleigh • Lot 4: Dover The Commissioners seek tender responses from providers who have the capability and capacity to undertake such a contract. Orthodontics is the dental specialty concerned with facial growth, development of the dentition and occlusion, and the assessment, diagnosis, interception and treatment of malocclusions and facial irregularities. The overall aim of the service is to provide equitable, accessible, high quality and cost effective specialist orthodontic services, in line with the National Guide for Commissioning Orthodontics, 2015 and NHS Personal Dental Services (PDS) Agreements Regulations 2005. Orthodontics is mainly provided for children and adolescents who meet the agreed criteria for NHS treatment and for adults where there is clinical justification and where prior approval has been agreed with the commissioner. The service includes: • Assessment and treatment delivered according to each patient's clinical needs, including interceptive treatment and in hours urgent care • Treatment includes examination, taking of radiographs, diagnosis, preventative care, advice, planning of orthodontic treatment, supply and repair of orthodontic appliances including retainers for a period of 12 months following the completion of active orthodontic treatment • Appropriate referral to other healthcare providers for mandatory or advanced mandatory services or any other appropriate and necessary healthcare • Advice to the patient and other clinicians where appropriate The contracts are limited to orthodontic treatment within complexity Level 2 and 3a and excludes all mandatory services and the following additional services: • Sedation services • Domiciliary services • Minor oral surgery • Dental public health services • Orthodontic complexity level 1 and 3b cases Interested parties who wish to take part in the procurement are invited to take part in an Invitation To Tender (ITT) process, based on the open procedure and designed to identify the most economically advantageous tender and therefore determine the incoming provider. All ITT responses must be returned by 12 noon on 6th July 2022, at the latest. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

HS England and NHS Improvement Midlands are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers who are capable of delivering general dental services in Oswestry, Shropshire under a Personal Dental Services contract. The contract will have a term of 7 years with the option to extend for a period or periods totalling up to no more than 3 years, taking the maximum available contract term to 10 years. The UDA rate will be set at £28.03 for the contract duration (subject to the Doctors and Dentist Review Body annual uplift). A rolling UDA of 14,000 UDAs in year 1, 19,000 UDAs in year 2 and 24,000 UDAs in year 3 onwards for the remaining contract term will apply. An infrastructure fund of up to £100,000 will be available to cover building and equipment costs only, as part of the mobilisation period. A 6-month mobilisation period is envisaged with a projected contract start date of 1st April 2023.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) South East seeks to commission a prime provider who has the capability and capacity to deliver Integrated Healthcare Services to the following establishments in Surrey. • HMP Downview • HMP Send • HMP Bronzefield • HMP Coldingley • HMP High Down NHSE/I will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract elements to other specialist providers. This service will be commissioned as part of the overall Offender Health pathway within the prisons and as such this model will ensure an integrated, recovery orientated service delivery system, both within the prisons and onwards into the community. The service will focus on delivering person-centred care within seamless, integrated structured clinical and psychosocial interventions services in prison, and facilitating arrangements through the gate into the community to ensure effective continuity of care. Close joint working with other healthcare services, as well as other departments within the prison is imperative to the success of the delivery of this service.

The key objective for the procurement is to commission the Integrated Veterans Mental Health Service (IVMHS) across England. The IVMHS will be delivered by a provider collaborative which encompasses Integrated Care Board commissioned providers and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE), including military charities, to deliver high quality, safe, effective and holistic care to veterans and their families in the relevant geographic area. The IVMHS will complement existing service provision in the relevant geographic area to provide veterans with services that meet their needs. The contract award will be split down into seven separate lots, as illustrated within the ITT and these will be evaluated and awarded as separate contracts.

The key objective for the procurement is to commission Op Courage: the Integrated Veterans Mental Health Service across England. Op Courage will be delivered by a provider collaborative which encompasses Integrated Care Board commissioned providers and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE), including military charities, to deliver high quality, safe, effective and holistic care to veterans and their families in the relevant geographic area. Op Courage will complement existing service provision in the relevant geographic area to provide veterans with services that meet their needs. The contract award will be split down into seven separate lots, as illustrated within the ITT and these will be evaluated and awarded as separate contracts. This contract notice supersedes the previous version and please disagreed any information contained within the previous notice. A request to withdraw the previous notice, to avoid any confusion, has been made.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England – Midlands (referred to as the Commissioner) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery (IMOS) Dental Services including treatment under Conscious Sedation in Shropshire and Staffordshire. The 2 Lots across the area are as follows; Lot 1 - Shrewsbury Lot 2 - Burton-on-Trent The service is due to commence on 1st June 2023. As a result of this procurement exercise a Personal Dental Services (PDS) agreement will be established with the successful bidder(s) for a period of 7 years with the Commissioners having the option to extend for up to an additional 3 years (maximum contract duration 10 years). The deadline for ITT submissions is 10.00am on Thursday 8th September 2022.

NHS England (the Commissioner) seeks to commission Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Services to HMP High Down. The Contract will be for a term of 7 years. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2023. The maximum total contract value is £4,040,000 (inclusive of mobilisation funding of up to £50,000 in Year 1). Interested parties are invited to take part in an Invitation to Tender (ITT) process, based on the Open procedure, and designed to identify the Most Economically Advantageous Tender and therefore determine the incoming provider.

NHS England Health & Justice South West are seeking a suitable provider to carry out Health Needs Assessments (HNAs) for the commissioning of Health provision into five Liaison and Diversion services and hosted Reconnect Services. It is also expected that the provider will produce a consolidated regional report. The requirement is for five full Liaison and Diversion Health Needs Assessments for the following services: • Avon & Somerset Liaison and Diversion Service, to include Reconnect services at HMP Bristol and HMP Eastwood Park • Devon & Cornwall Liaison and Diversion Service, to include Reconnect services at HMP Channings Wood and HMP Exeter • Dorset Liaison and Diversion Service • Gloucestershire Liaison and Diversion Service • Wiltshire Liaison and Diversion Service A single contract will be let to deliver the five Health Needs Assessments and one consolidated regional report, with a maximum total contract value of £129,000. The HNAs will be undertaken over a period of 20 weeks with the aim to commence in December 2022. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

NHS Arden GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England (Armed Forces) (the Contracting Authority) is inviting suitable organisations to tender for the provision a new England wide service to provide support to veterans in the criminal justice system. The requirement is split into 7 lots:- Lot 1 - North East & Yorkshire Lot 2 – North West Lot 3 – East of England Lot 4 - Midlands Lot 5 - London Lot 6 – South East Lot 7 – South West Organisations wishing to submit a bid will need to register on the Arden GEM EU Supply website and complete the ITT documentation at the following location: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 12:00hrs on 25 October 2022. The ITT reference is 56230.

NHS Arden GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England (Midlands) (the Contracting Authority) is inviting suitable organisations to tender for the provision of an Integrated Healthcare Service Integrated Healthcare Services for HMP Leicester, HMP Gartree, HMP Stocken, HMP Sudbury and HMP Foston Hall. The requirement is split into 2 lots Lot 1- Leicestershire & Rutland Prison Cluster (LLR) - consisting of HMP Leicester, HMP Gartree, HMP Stocken Lot 2 - Derbyshire Prison Cluster - consisting of HMP Sudbury and HMP Foston Hall The ITT documentation should be completed by the closing date of 12noon on 6th December 2022. The ITT reference is 59276

NHS England South East (the Commissioner) seeks to commission Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) Services across the South East. This forms part of the wider Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTRs) Programme which is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England (NHSE), Public Health England (PHE) and His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). MHTR in the context of the CSTR programme is intended for the sentencing of individuals convicted of an offence(s) which has crossed the community order sentencing threshold and may be used as an alternative to short custodial sentences for individuals who may have range of mental health, personality disorder and psychological issues/vulnerabilities which do not require forensic or secondary care treatment. Contracts will be for an initial term of 3 years, with a possible extension of a further three years, as defined and at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence on 01 July 2023. The procurement exercise is split into 4 Lots with the corresponding 3 year initial term maximum contract values. Lot 1: Southampton Courts (Crown and Magistrates Court) & Portsmouth Combined Court Centre (Crown and Magistrates Court) - £1,395,000 Lot 2: High Wycombe Magistrates Court - £615,000 Lot 3: Guildford Courts (Crown and Magistrates Court) - £900,000 Lot 4: Brighton Magistrates Court - £1,290,000