Primary Care Service (Medical and Nursing) including Integrated Substance Misuse Service and Integrated Mental Health including Learning Disabilities and Autism Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (Yorkshire and Humber), Health and Justice Team (the Contracting Authority), who have commissioned Primary Care Service (Medical and Nursing) including Integrated Substance Misuse Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike and Integrated Mental Health including Learning Disabilities and Autism Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike

The contract term is for an initial period of 6 years commencing on 01 June 2024, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. Please note year 1 for HMP Millsike is mobilisation only.

The closing date for submission of tenders is 12 noon on 26 September 2023.

Additional information

The "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract (NB no TUPE for HMP Millsike, as a new build facility. However, Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register.

If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system.

You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:

[email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 25 August 2023.

Additional information: Legal, economic, financial, and technical information Conditions for participation

Objective rules and criteria for participation

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

(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".

The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).

Please note that on the 22nd September 2023 a number of supplementary documents and specifications were uploaded to the Atmais e- tendering portal. Two new NHS Standard Contracts were also uploaded to the Atamis E-tendering portal