NHSE South East - Health Needs Assessments & Equality & Health Inequalities Impact Assessments for Prisons across the South East

NHS England (South East) (the Commissioner) invites bids from suitably qualified and experienced providers, to undertake a Health & Social Care Needs Assessment (HSCNA) and Equality and Health Inequalities Impact Assessment (EHIA) for the commissioning of Healthcare provision of Health and Justice related services.

NHSE has published the HSCNAs and EHIAs in three batches, split into several lots to group Health and Justice services appropriately.

This advert relates to Batch 3 only and is seeking suitable provider(s) to undertake HSCNAs and EHIAs for all prisons across the South East. This procurement has been split into four lots as follows:

Lot 1: Thames Valley, including HMPs Huntercombe, Grendon, Springhill and Bullingdon

Lot 2: Surrey, including HMPs Bronzefield, Coldingley, Downview, Send and Highdown

Lot 3: Sussex, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, including HMPs Ford, Lewes, Winchester and Isle of Wight

Lot 4: Kent, including HMPs Elmley, Standford Hill, Swaleside, East Sutton Park, Maidstone and Rochester

A full HSCNA is required for all lots during year 1 of the contract, with refreshes undertaken in years 2 and 3.

The contract is due to commence in October 2023, and the contract duration will be 3 years. The maximum contract value is £684,000 for all lots over the contract term.

HSCNA is a systematic method for reviewing the health issues facing a population, leading to agreed priorities and resource allocation that will improve health and reduce inequalities (NICE, 2005). HSCNAs play an important part in guiding an organisation in effectively balancing their efforts in achieving the goals and objectives specific to their strategic direction alongside the government policy and direction of the time.

The EHIA will assess the equality of healthcare service delivery within a secure estate and identify which groups are disadvantaged as well providing actions to improve service delivery for those groups.

This process is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Additional information: Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.

If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.

The services are deemed to be subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This contract will therefore be awarded in accordance with the provisions applicable in Section 5 (sub-section 7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The contracting authority intends to observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.