NHS England South West (NHSE) Health & Justice is seeking to commission a Provider(s) who have the capability and capacity to deliver integrated non-custodial healthcare services across the South West region, in line with the specified requirements.
The procurement is divided into 5 lots and cover the Offices of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) boundaries within the South West as follows:
Lot 1: Avon and Somerset
Lot 2: Devon and Cornwall
Lot 3: Dorset
Lot 4: Gloucestershire
Lot 5: Wiltshire
Providers may bid for one or multiple Lots.
Commissioners are seeking to integrate the following non-custodial services:
– Liaison and Diversion services.
– Reconnect services.
– Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements.
The service will ensure people receive seamless care and support irrelevant of where they are in the criminal justice system.
Alignment of regional non-custodial contracts will provide an opportunity to drive an innovative way of working with all stakeholders to deliver an integrated non-custodial healthcare service for each of the five OPCC boundaries. It will allow consistency in patient outcomes and quality standards whilst providing the correct pathway to the individual demographic in the South West. The key aims and outcomes include:
– Supporting the delivery of whole-system healthcare for patients in the (non-custodial) Criminal Justice System.
– Aligning healthcare services to deliver a joined-up pathway in its entirety.
– Ensuring that non-custodial healthcare is commissioned in a way that supports continuous improvement and innovation.
– Driving self-management and ownership of health to help individuals develop the knowledge, confidence and skills they need to make the best decisions and actions for themselves.
– Ensuring effective stakeholder networks and engagement to capture all views from service users, including OPPCs, Probation, community providers, local authorities, ICB networks.
– Recommissioning across pathways to deliver seamless care from custody diversion through to release back into the community.
– Reducing reoffending at a regional level, ensuring continuity of care
– Consistency in range, quality, accessibility and acceptability with that available to the wider community, in order to achieve equitable health outcomes and to reduce health inequalities between people in the criminal justice system and in the wider community.
The Contracts will be for a term of 7 years and services are planned to commence from 1st April 2025.
The maximum total contract values are as follows:
Lot 1 £25,987,000
Lot 2 £21,979,000
Lot 3 £11,471,000
Lot 4 £ 9,034,000
Lot 5 £10,897,000
The contracts could be subject to future co-commissioning arrangements, nationally mandated directives or service alterations with associated funding during the term of the contract.
TUPE is likely to apply to this procurement.
This exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).
Interested providers will be able to view the opportunity and access the tender documentation via the ‘Live Opportunities’ list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome