Mental Health Services within Her Majesty's Prison's

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) worked for, and on behalf of, NHS England - North West Health and Justice Team wish to commission Mental Health Services in the following Prisons:

Lot 1 - Her Majesty's Prison Altcourse;

Lot 2 - Her Majesty's Prison Forest Bank;

Lot 3 - Her Majesty's Prison Risley and Thorn Cross; and

Lot 4 - Her Majesty's Prison Styal.

The basic principles that mirror those of the open procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the Light Touch Regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authority must consider:

• (a)How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
• (b)How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts were scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.

This procurement was conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (In-tend).