Prior Information Notice for Inpatient Services for Midlands and East of England - 7 LOTS

NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England will be inviting suitably qualified organisations to express interest in delivering CAMHS Inpatient Services for Midlands and East of England:

In East Midlands:

• LOT 1 Eating Disorder (12 beds) - East Midlands (North)
• LOT 2 Eating Disorder (8 beds) - East Midlands (South)
• LOT 3 PICU services (8 beds) - East Midlands

In West Midlands:

• LOT 4 Low Secure (8 beds) - West Midlands
• LOT 5 PICU (8 beds) - West Midlands

In East of England:

• LOT 6 General Adolescent Unit (9 beds) - East of England with flexibility to meet the full specification for young people with eating disorders within the unit

Across Midlands and East of England:

• LOT 7 General Adolescent Unit for Young People with a Learning Disability (9 beds) - resource for the whole of Midlands and East.

If you wish to express interest please:

• a)Register on https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. The Bravo project reference number is project_901 - CAMHS Inpatient Service for Midlands and East of England

• b)Complete and submit the questionnaire pqq_448 - Inpatient Services for Midlands and East of England - 7 LOTS QUESTIONNAIRE by no later than 20 December 2017 at 5pm.

More information about the services can be found on https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-c/c03/ the specifications are currently under review and providers will be expected to flex their services to meet any changing data and services requirements.

There is an urgency to develop these services where there is either very little or no provision and in order to support the reconfiguration of bed capacity nationally and therefore this will be an important factor for decision making.

For any support in registering or submitting your questionnaire please contact the eTendering Help-desk at 0800-011-2470 or help@bravosolution.co.uk. Participants can also contact

Neli.Garbuzanova@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk for further information or clarifications.

Where to find further information regarding this procurement?

The procurement relating to this PIN notice will be advertised on Contracts Finder

(https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search ) and administered/conducted via the Arden & GEM CSU's

e-Tendering portal known as Bravo solutions (https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk). Full details regarding this procurement opportunity will be available there.

For more information and copy of the OJEU PIN please refer to the "Attachments" section.