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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: LIAISON AND DIVERSION SERVICE – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: NHS England. Web: (Alison Atkinson).
3. Contract type: Service contract
Open
4. Description: Please see a Contracts Finder link below that will give you information about a tender opportunity that may be of interest to you – NHS Worcestershire Liaison & Diversion Service operating across Specified Location
Please note closing date: 11th November 2016

Additional Information:
The Awarding Authority wish to advise bidders of the following:
In Worcestershire a mobile recording kit is available so offices can conduct voluntary interviews at mutually agreed locations.
The Awarding Authority wish to commission a service which operates across two of the five policing areas for Specified Location Liaison & Diversion as set out in the Bradley Report 2009 can be defined as ?a process whereby people are assessed and their needs identified as early as possible in the offender pathway, thus informing subsequent decisions about where an individual is best placed to receive treatment, taking into account public safety, safety of the individual and punishment of an offence.? These all age services have a number of core functions including:
Case identification;
Voluntary Attendance Pathway;
Custodial Attendance Pathway;
Screening/triage;
Assessment (including specialist) & Referral; The key elements of a full Liaison & Diversion Service as set out in the national operating model include:
Early intervention;
An all-age service;
Targeted to a range of vulnerabilities including, mental health, learning disabilities, substance misuse, housing, social care and education;
Operating at all points of the justice pathway, including pre-police custody ( for those people interviewed under voluntary attendance), police custody and courts;
24/7 service with a mixture of core hours agreed to suit operational requirements and out of hours arrangements;
A range of referral pathways; NHS England have a budget limitation of #250,000 for this project and are looking to gain best value for money from this figure. NHS England recognise that this figure may not be sufficient to cover the full requirements of the national Liaison & Diversion specification and the bidders responses will be used to gauge the extent to which each bidder can provide the service within this amount.
5. CPV Code(s): 85100000
6. NUTS code(s): UKG, UKG1, UKG12
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South and North Worcestershire.
West Mercia which include: South Worcestershire ( Worcester, Malvern, Droitwich, Pershore and Evesham) North Worcestershire ( Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Redditch)
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: SYSTEM 00000106
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Date documents can be requested until: 11.11.2016.
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information on the above contract please visit Web:
12. Other information: Date documents can be requested until : 31 December 2016
Customer : Worcestershire County Council
Process : Non-OJEU
TKR-2016117-EX-840833