Healthcare Service Provision for the Doncaster Prisons Cluster

NHS England - North (Yorkshire and The Humber) Health & Justice Commissioning Team is seeking to procure Healthcare Service Provision for the Doncaster Prisons Cluster comprising HMP Doncaster, HMP Lindholme, HMP Moorland and HMP Hatfield.

The current total prisoner/patient population of the four prisons is 3,307. There is a possibility that in the future there may be changes to the adult male prisons estate in the Doncaster prisons cluster region so we want to flag this possibility to bidders from the outset. In the eventuality of the prisons profile changing then we would work with healthcare providers to manage those changes, including any necessary variations to contracts and any changes to funding.

We invite responses from the market for information to assist us with the design and structure of the contract tender, in particular to help us determine appropriate financial thresholds for the tendered contract, length of duration of the contract, preferred contracting model, support for developing strategic partnerships, and to help us identify specific areas of risk relating to the tender.

Additional information: This procurement project’s key objective to secure the healthcare needs of the people, i.e. the prisoners/patients of the Doncaster Prisons Cluster, who use these services is by creating a new clinical contract for the provision of a comprehensive range of health services for patients in custody. The service provision will be commensurate in equivalence of quality and access to what patients could expect were they living in the community as opposed to being in prison. We particularly want to see for the new contract improvements to the timely access to services for patients in these prisons and improved efficiency of pathways for patients.

Scope & Objectives

The services in scope of the tendered contract are:

High level key objectives of the project are:

Request for Information

All responses are to be returned as a message attachment on the PROACTIS eTendering system no later than 12 noon on 4th November 2016.

Market Engagement Event

The event will be held on 7th November 2016 at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Approach, Leeds LS1 4BR, from 1.30pm-5.00pm. Hot and cold beverages will be available on arrival.

If your organisation would like to attend the market engagement event please send a correspondence via the Proactis portal with the following details for each attendee:

The deadline for registering to attend the event is 12 noon on 4th November 2016.

Please note that all communications will be conducted via the Proactis portal.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this process and to communicate with potential providers. No hard copy documents will be issued and all communication with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by PROACTIS.

If you are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: suppliersupport@proactis.com

Please note that this facility allows the provider to express an interest only in delivering this service, it is not a Pre-Qualification Process.