Integrated Healthcare at Clayfields House and Lincolnshire Secure Units

Tender description

Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, acting on behalf of NHS England (Health and Justice, North Midlands) (i.e. the Commissioner) invites submissions from healthcare providers including third sector organisations, social enterprise and other providers to provide Integrated Healthcare Services (IHS) to the children and young people residing within Clayfields House and/or Lincolnshire Secure Unit. NHS England will be the contracting and commissioning authority for IHS. Since the service provision requirements at both of the Units are similar and share common service specification, performance framework and service objectives, the Commissioner has split the specification into two lots, to appoint providers for each of these units i.e. Lot 1 - Clayfields House Secure Unit and Lot 2 - Lincolnshire Secure Unit. Arden & GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). The Service is being procured under “Schedule 3 - Social and Other Specific Services”. The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Suppliers Instructions: How to Express Interest in this Tender 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) —Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/ password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. — Click on the relevant ITT_586to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk The Invitation to Tender (ITT) Questionnaire is anticipated to be published on 12th October 2016, and deadline for responses is 11th November 2016.