Health & Social Care Services (incl. substance misuse) and Mental Health Services for HMP Garth and HMP Wymott

Concepts

• health and social work
• liverpool
• mental health services
• nhs england north west health
• hmp garth
• hmp wymott
• health family
• health
• social care services
• mental health services for hmp garth

Location

Liverpool

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North West Health and Justice (the Relevant Authority), who are undertaking a competition to commission Health & Social Care Services and Mental Health Services for HMP Garth and HMP Wymott. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The contract term is for an initial period of 6 years commencing on 01 April 2025, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12 noon on 05 August 2024. Additional information NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including EOI submissions, will be conducted via Atamis: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register. If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering, please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details: Phone:0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Opening times 8am - 6pm An Atamis Supplier guide can be accessed by clicking on this link. PLEASE NOTE: You may be asked if you wish to merge your account with an existing organisation. This is based on several criteria including the domain name of your email address, so please ensure that you do register with your official work email address. Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 10 June 2024. Legal, economic, financial, and technical information Conditions for participation Firstly, the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Providers are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Lot Division

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Site Visits Site visits will take place for both prisons on Wednesday 19th June. Address - Ulnes Walton Lane, Leylan, Preston, PR26 8LW. The prisons are situated next door to each other, as you look at them from the visitors car park HMP Garth is on the left, and HMP Wymott on the right. Car Park - there is a visitors car park just before you arrive at the prison entrance. Please park sensibly. Times Wymott - 10am start Garth - 1pm start • Attendees must be signed in at the gate 10 mins prior to the visit starting, recommended to arrive 30 mins earlier to allow time to sign in. • Photo ID must be taken to be booked in to visit the prison (passport, drivers licence, etc). If not provided attendees will not be allowed into the prison. Important Information • It is advised that you limit the amount of items you intend to bring into the prison. Phones, vapes, any electronic devices can not be taken in under any circumstances. As HMP Garth is a High Security prison you will be required to be searched on entering the prison, and additional items of opened water bottles and paper are also banned from this prison. • Full name, DOB and national insurance number for those attending needs to be sent via the messaging section on the Atamis portal by 5pm on Sunday 16th June. Any sent after this time will not be able to have their names added to the gate list. Please make it clear if you are only intending to attend one prison. • There is a maximum of one attendee per provider allowed to attend, this is to limit the size of the group and reduce the impact on the operational running of the prison. • Lunch will not be provided, there is a break between visits but please be aware there are limited shops in the immediate prison vicinity to purchase food/drink so it is recommended you bring these with you. • Your contact for the day will be Lois Hughes, Senior Commissioning Manager at NHS England, tel. 07783820271 (please note will be unavailable to contact during the visit times noted above).