Health and social work services

Tender description

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) are supporting NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) on this project, to identify and engage with suppliers who provide lived experience services, in particular those who support persons who have come in to contact with the health and justice sector, or might be at particular risk of in the future and/or their families and carers for clarity, the following sectors of health and justice are included: • liaison and diversion; • Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs); • community sentence treatment requirements; • children and young people; • female prison estate; • Immigration Removal Centres (ICRs); • courts and healthcare; • prisons. Any value stated within this notice is not applicable due to it being related to the creation of a framework. This framework would then be used to obtain service provision from in the future via ‘call-offs’; It is anticipated that ‘call-offs’ (mini-competitions and direct awards, where allowed) would be undertaken to engage these then framework members in providing services. These ‘call-offs’ would include further descriptions of the exact services to be commissioned. All the terms and the anticipated process would be explained in a planned virtual event, run via WebEx, in the afternoon of Monday 29 June 2020. The details to register for this event are further on in this advert. WebEx is an application which is preferably run from a computer/laptop or performance-tablet, and not a smartphone. The audio will be presented via the web and not via a dial-in. We are able to test connectivity with you if you have not used WebEx before or would just like peace of mind prior to the event. There is no application (‘app‘) to download prior to the event, but only when you join the event, or a test that you request, you must allow the app to ‘Run’ by clicking so when prompted. Further instructions will be sent with your event invite. We would like to invite you to attend a virtual market engagement event, to take place via WebEx. To register for the event, please send the following details: • name of delegate(s); • email address(es) of delegate(s); • telephone number(s) of delegate(s); • organisation name; • organisation type (NHS, Ltd Company, Charity etc.); • organisation address; • if you wish your details to be shared with other delegates and posted on the Procurement Portal (if you do not include this, it shall be assumed you do not wish for your details to be shared); • if you would like to test WebEx on your device prior to the event. To agcsu.southprocurement@nhs.net by no later than 5 p.m. Friday 19th June. You will then be added to a calendar invite with a link to click when the event is about to start. You are not required to respond to this market engagement activity in order to be eligible to apply to be a framework member when we publish the tender, however we hope that you find attending the market engagement event helpful in preparing your organisation to take part and be eligible for future business (providing services).