Short Term Assessment and Re-ablement Service - Safe Space

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, North Yorkshire and York Places (the Contracting Authority) who are conducting a Request for Information (RFI) exercise to engage with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for the future service delivery of Short Term Assessment and Re-ablement Service (STARS) - Safe Space for North Yorkshire and York areas.

The Contracting Authority is interested to hear from providers who could deliver Short Term Assessment and Re-ablement Service (STARS) - Safe Space in North Yorkshire and York geographical areas.

The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

It should also be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and it is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.

The RFI documentation will be available on 15 July 2022 to all interested parties who have registered an interest.

Additional information: To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the Intend portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home .

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended).

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or you are having problems registering please contact the In-Tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065.

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.

Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 5pm on 29 July 2022.

Please register your interest in attending the market engagement event by sending a message on the In-Tend portal.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.

Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

Please note that the RFI documents can be accessed via the In-Tend portal from 15 July 2022.