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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: North West Prisons Services Request for information (RFI)
2. Awarding Authority:
North Of England Commissioning Support
John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
Durham
United Kingdom
DH1 3YG
Contact:
Email: necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
Phone:
URL:
3. Contract Type: Not Provided
4. Description: North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Contracting Authority) to carry out market engagement for the following:
• NHSE588 Health and Social Care Services for HMP Preston, HMP Kirkham, HMP Lancaster Farms, HMP Risley and HMP Thorn Cross
• NHSE453 Mental Health Services for HMP Preston, HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms
• NHSE822 Dental Services for HMP Preston, HMP Kirkham, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Buckley Hall
Each of the above services will be tendered separately and will consist of the following Lots and estimated annual contract values
NHSE588 Health and Social Care Services
Lot 1 HMP Preston – Estimated annual contract value £3,400,000
Lot 2 HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms – Estimated annual contract value £4,300,000
Lot 3 HMP Risley and HMP Thorn Cross – Estimated annual contract value £4,660,000

NHSE453 Mental Health Services
Lot 1 HMP Preston – Estimated annual contract value £1,600,000
Lot 2 HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms – Estimated annual contract value £2,000,000

NHSE822 Dental Services
Lot 1 HMP Preston – Estimated annual contract value £166,000
Lot 2 HMP Kirkham and HMP Lancaster Farms – Estimated annual contract value £220,000
Lot 3 HMP Buckley Hall – Estimated annual contract value £123,000

The Contracting Authority is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.

It should also be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.
5. CPV Codes:
85000000 – Health and social work services
6. NUTS Codes: UKC14
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: North West
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
NHSE588, NHSE453 and NHSE822
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Not Provided
10. Start Date:
11. End Date:
12. Closing Date:
13. Other Information:
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NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation, including the draft service specifications and submit their completed RFI.

The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at:

Please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project North West Prison Services Request for Information (RFI).

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

The RFI documentation will be accessible from 13 February 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12 noon on Monday 6th March 2023.
For further information/documentation please visit: