NHS England and NHS Improvement South East — Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home (East Sussex) and Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home (Hampshire)

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NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) sought to commission a prime provider for the provision of integrated health and emotional wellbeing services to the children and young people resident at two secure children’s homes in the South East. The procurement was split into two lots: • Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home in East Sussex (Lot 1); • Swanwick Lodge in Hampshire (Lot 2). The provision will offer at least equivalent access and quality to services in the local community. NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider for each lot, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. The contracts are due to commence on the 1 July 2021, with contract duration of 7 years. This procurement was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Lot 1: Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) sought to commission a prime provider model for the provision of an Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to the children and young people resident at Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home (SCH). The provision will offer at least equivalent access and quality to services in the local community. NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. The prime provider will also be responsible for ensuring that all of the health and emotional wellbeing services operating within the SCH work in an integrated way, delivering seamless care pathways. Lansdowne SCH is a mixed-sex 12 bed establishment in East Sussex for young people aged 10-17. The SCH is operated by East Sussex County Council, with a registered homes manager and 24- hour care staff available. There is also an on-site school that provides education to the young people whilst they are at the home. The provider will be required to work effectively with these key partners to deliver a cohesive experience of care for the children and young people. The healthcare services required ‘on-site’ include (please see the service specification for further information and full list of services required): • general medical services; • mental health services; • primary care nursing; • emotional wellbeing services; • contraception and sexual health advice services; • substance misuse services – psychosocial and pathways to clinical treatment; • screening and immunisation; • diagnostic services; • smoking cessation services; • management of long term conditions; • health promotion and prevention; • IM&T provision; • appropriate administrative and data management support (including data intelligence and reporting resource; date and intelligence analysis); • blood borne viruses. The healthcare provision will also facilitate (but not be responsible for directly providing) access to community based dentists and opticians for the children and young people, with the support of SCH care staff. The contract is due to commence on the 1 July 2021, the contract duration is 7 years. The maximum annual contract value for the service is GBP 520 000, with a maximum total contract lifecycle value of GBP 3 640 000. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which were not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). Lot 2: Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home NHS England and NHS Improvement South East (the Commissioner) seeks to commission a prime provider model for the provision of an Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service to the children and young people resident at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children’s Home (SCH). The provision must offer at least equivalent access and quality to services in the local community. NHS England and NHS Improvement will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. The prime provider will also be responsible for ensuring that all of the health and emotional wellbeing services operating within the SCH work in an integrated way, delivering seamless care pathways. Swanwick Lodge SCH is a mixed-sex 16 bed establishment in Hampshire for young people aged 10-17. The SCH is operated by Hampshire County Council, with a registered homes manager and 24-hour care staff available. There is also an onsite school that provides education to the young people whilst they are at the home. The provider will be required to work effectively with these key partners to deliver a cohesive experience of care for the children and young people. The healthcare services that are required ‘on-site’ include (please see the service specification for further information and full list of services required): • general medical services; • mental health services; • primary care nursing; • health promotion and prevention; • emotional wellbeing services; • contraception and sexual health advice services; • substance misuse services – psychosocial and pathways to clinical treatment.; • screening and immunisation; • diagnostic services; • smoking cessation services; • management of long term conditions; • IM&T provision; • appropriate administrative and data management support (including data intelligence and reporting resource; date and intelligence analysis); • blood borne viruses. The healthcare provision will also facilitate (but not be responsible for directly providing) access to community based dentists and opticians for the children and young people, with the support of SCH care staff. The contract is due to commence on the 1 July 2021, the contract duration is 7 years. The maximum annual contract value for the service is GBP 665 000, with a maximum total contract lifecycle value of GBP 4 655 000. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) which were not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the ‘Light Touch Regime’ contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).