Provison of Medical Services for Border Force Custody Suites

Border Force is a law enforcement command within the Home Office. We secure the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK. The scope of the tender is for the provision of healthcare in a Border Force (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)) Customs Custody environment. This places a specific legal responsibility on the custody officer (usually a Border Force officer) who is responsible for ensuring the legal process is discharged and who has a strict duty of care to all detainees under the PACE 1984 and its Codes of Practice. PACE Code C sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects not related to terrorism. In addition, it provides a legislative framework for Border Force Customs Custody staff as to when it is appropriate to access medical attention. The scope of work is to provide a clinical health care service 24/7 365 days per year across Border Force (BF) Customs custody suites. The service provider is required to fulfil the healthcare requirements of BF, including the handling, processing, recording and reporting of request for service at the required locations. The clinical staff must hold the appropriate qualifications, skill and knowledge to provide the appropriate care, clinical advice and treatment required by individuals. Clinical staff must be available, when required, to provide the following:

Clinical advice by telephone

Clinical advice by attendance

Assess the fitness of individuals.

Fitness for Interview

Advice at an alternative location

Additional information: Border Force invite bidders to express an interest in this procurement opportunity. To register your interest in

this procurement please submit your interest to BorderForceProcurementTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk. Quoting reference C23859: Border Force Medical Services Custody Suites ITT before the closing date following the instructions below:

The Home Office eSourcing portal (Jaggaer) is used for sourcing activities. Please follow the steps below to register your interest:

• a)To express an interest, bidders must first be registered on the Home Office eSourcing portal. If you have not yet registered, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the Registering Link. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which are registering and who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

• b)Email: BorderForceProcurementTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk expressing an interest The title of email should be: C23859: Border Force Medical Services Custody Suites ITT

Email to include: Organisation Name, Contact Name, Contact Email, Telephone Number.

Bidders that express an interest in this procurement will be required to return a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to being given access to the event.

Once the signed NDA is received by the Authority, the Authority will grant access to the Jaggaer event where the bidder will be able to access all relevant documentation.