Primary Care Service, Substance Misuse Service and Integrated Mental Health including Learning Disabilities and Autism Service for HM Prison Full Sutton and HM Prison Millsike (New Building Facility)

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) are working for and on behalf of NHS England North East and Yorkshire (Yorkshire and Humber) (the Contracting Authority) who are conducting Request for Information (RFI) exercises to engage with the market in order to inform the further developments of draft proposals for the future service delivery of the following planned future procurements:

NHSE255 Primary Care Service - Medical and Nursing and Integrated Substance Misuse Service (SMS)

NHSE936 Integrated Mental Health including Learning Disabilities and Autism (MH & LDA) Services

The Contracting Authority is interested to hear from providers who could deliver services for HM Prison Full Sutton (existing building facility) and HM Prison Millsike (new building facility) both of which are located at Moor Lane, Stamford Bridge, York, Yorkshire, YO41 1PS.

Providers will be able to select the appropriate RFI for the service(s) they wish to respond to.

It is to be noted that each of the service provisions will be tendered for separately and may or may not be divided into Lots, subject to the information gathered in this RFI exercise.

The RFIs will be available from 27 February 2023. Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 5pm on 24 March 2023.

As part of the market engagement exercise NHSE NEY (Y&H) may wish to clarify any points raised in their RFI responses; or the Contracting Authority may invite respondents to provider one to one session based on their RFI responses contained in their RFI(s) Response Document. If one to one sessions are to take place it is anticipated that these sessions will take place between 11 - 14 April 2023 via Microsoft Teams.

The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information to engage with the market and to gather information in order to obtain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

It should also be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and it is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.

An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.

Additional information: To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the Intend portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/home .

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended).

It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or you are having problems registering please contact the In-Tend helpdesk via: [email protected] or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065.

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.

Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.