Health and social work services

Tender description

North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East) who wish to commission psychosocial provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the 7 prison establishments, as outlined below; HMP & YOI Durham, HMP & YOI Low,HMP Frankland, HMP Northumberland House, Kirlevington Grange, HMYOI Deerbolt. The contract is for 2 years beginning 1.4.2018 and will provide psychosocial DART services that are underpinned by values and beliefs that support a different way of understanding addiction and how people can overcome their addiction in order to create a better life for themselves. North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East) who wish to commission psychosocial DART provision for all prisons within the North East prison cluster. The scope of the service provision model currently comprises the populations of the seven prison establishments, as outlined below; — HMP & YOI Durham Newton; — HMP Frankland; — HMP Northumberland; — HMP Holme House; — HMP Kirklevington Grange; — HMYOI Deerbolt. (Important note: If prison reconfiguration and reform results in new geographical locations or potentially new build establishments or prison re-roles then the contract holder will be required to respond accordingly and be flexible in how operational services are to be deployed). The basic principles that mirror that of the Open procedure were followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, 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 contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.