Market engagement event for Integrated Healthcare Services at Rainsbrook & Oakhill Secure Training Centres

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England - East Midlands is carrying out a market assessment for the provision of Integrated Healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre

For this service provision, NHS England would like to encourage innovative solutions including strategic alliances which will deliver value for money and improved services to patients. The service provider(s) will be required to deliver an outcome based high quality and integrated service, as detailed in the draft Specification available on the EU Supply System, along with a market engagement questionnaire.

Rainsbrook and Oakhill are purpose built secure centres for young people who meet the criteria for a custodial sentence / remand. Both centres require an Integrated Healthcare service which consists of and limited to Health Promotion, Mental health service to include primary care and secondary care, Outpatients, GP, Nurses, Dentist, Integrated Substance misuse services, Infectious Diseases and Pharmacy.

The procurement may be split into 2 Lots, with a final decision to be made once the Commissioner has received feedback from the market. The current intension is to split the service into two lots as follows-

Lot 1 - Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre

Lot 2 - Oakhill Secure Training Centre

This service is expected to be fully operational by 1st April 2020. Indicative Funding (pending approval and further analysis) available for the Services is £1.8 million per lot p.a. NHS England aims to offer a contract opportunity for a 3 Years with the option to extend on an annual basis for a maximum of one further year. (i.e. 3+1), subject to market feedback and internal approval. This opportunity is subject to the will of Parliament/legislation change.

The aim of the market engagement exercise is to inform potential providers on the opportunity and to assist the commissioner in deciding on the most appropriate strategy for the future procurement. Interested providers must submit a response to this PIN Notice if they consider their organisation able to meet the requirements detailed within the draft specification.

If you wish to express an interest, please register on the EU Supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK . The project reference is 19901.

The market assessment questionnaire has been published separately. Therefore I would be grateful if you could also register against: Quote/tender 34934 - Expressions of Interest for the Integrated Healthcare at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and Oakhill Secure Training Centre and complete and submit the questionnaire by 5pm 28th March 2019 to confirm your interest.

The market engagement event is planned for the 2nd April 2019 Organisations who wish to attend the Market Engagement Event must register their interest by completing the questionnaire as explained above. Please note that no more than two individuals per organisation can attend