Healthcare for detained settings across Thames Valley, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Tender description

NHS England is seeking to procure Healthcare Provision for adult males, young people, women, immigration detainees, foreign national prisoners and older prisoners in Prisons and an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC). The scope of the service provision model comprises the populations of the eleven in-scope establishments across Thames Valley, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The Tender will be split in to three lots: Lot 1: HMYOI Aylesbury; HMP Grendon; HMP Springhill. Lot 2: HMP Bullingdon; IRC Campsfield; HMP Huntercombe Lot 3: HMP Bristol; HMP Leyhill; HMP Erlestoke; HMP Ashfield; HMP Eastwood Park The new service model tendered is designed to deliver: • An integrated and coherent healthcare delivery model across the three lots comprising the eleven establishments as aligned to both local healthcare systems and to local offender management pathways; • The three key strategic commissioning goals for offenders' health: to reduce health inequalities; to ensure services are integrated; and to reduce health risk factors; • Improved provider capability and capacity, including effective and simplified contracting models with robust subcontracting and supply chain arrangements to deliver improved service quality and performance; • Greater value for money from whole system capability and capacity, including more efficient operations underpinned by strengthened contract management arrangements; and • Cost improvement from testing the market through a competitive tender to secure new provision through contract(s) award and a subsequent innovative contracting model (prime contractor model). Services in scope are: • Prison General Practitioner (Medical) • Healthcare Nursing and Administration Service • Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Service • Integrated Substance Misuse Service (ISMS) • Dental Services • Optometry Service • Pharmacy and Medicines Management • Sexual Health and Genitourinary Medicines (GUM) • Therapies • Health Promotion and Prevention (Section 7a) • Audiology • Information Management and Technology The Contracts Values for each Lot are: Lot 1 - £16.915m Lot 2 - £39.750m Lot 3 - £78.935m Neither the Commissioner nor potential providers will be obligated to further commitment as a result of any initial expressions of interest. The Commissioner shall not be committed to any course of action as a result of issuing this advert or any invitation to participate or to submit a Bid Response in respect of this Procurement. The Commissioner shall not be bound to accept any Bid and reserves the right not to conclude a Contract for some or all of the Service(s) for which Bids are invited with one or more Bidders. The Commissioner reserves the right to amend, add to or withdraw all or any part of this Procurement at any time during the process.