Integrated Non-Custodial Healthcare Services to NHS England South West.

Description

NHS England South West (NHSE) Health & Justice were seeking to re-commission Non-Custodial Services across the South West region.

The following elements of offender health will form Integrated Non-Custodial Services:
-	Liaison and Diversion services.
-	Reconnect services. 
-	Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements.  

The procurement was 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

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 Contracts will be for a term of 7 years and services are planned to commence from 1st April 2025. 

Total financial envelopes (inclusive of mobilisation and improvement funding) as advertised:

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

Financial envelopes (exclusive of mobilisation and improvement funding, for purposes of assessment, as advertised):

Lot 1 - £25,357,000
Lot 2 - £21,447,000
Lot 3 - £11,205,000
Lot 4 - £8,824,000
Lot 5 - £10,645,000

This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).

This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Additional information: The decision to award this contract in line with the Competitive Process was based on evaluation against the basic selection criteria (in the form of a Selection Questionnaire), which was assessed on a pass/fail basis, and the PSR 5 key criteria, which were assessed on a 0-4 scale, with the below weightings. 

Several tender questions were asked under each of the key criteria.
-	Quality and Innovation: 46%
-	Value: 10%
-	Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 17%
-	Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating 
        Choice: 17%
-	Social Value: 10%

The providers selected for award have been chosen as they passed the basic selection criteria and were the highest scoring bidder overall, against the key criteria. 

After conducting a thorough Competitive Process, taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, NHS England South East is content that the providers' bids sufficiently met the key criteria and thus can proceed to contract award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The evaluation panel consisted of representatives from NHS England Health & Justice Commissioners, NHSE Finance, NHSE Nursing and Quality, NHSE Public health, Offices of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Probation Service and those with Lived Experience.  

Award decisions have been recommended by the NHS England South West Health & Justice Senior Commissioning Manager for Non-Custodial and Children and Young People services. 
Award decisions have been made by the NHS England South West System Oversight and Co-ordination Leadership Team, with key decision makers being: 

Managing Director - System Commissioning Development
Director of Collaborative Commissioning
Director of Commissioning Finance

There were four potential declarations of conflict of interest made via the conflict of interest process and recorded accordingly. However, none were deemed as actual conflicts. One potential / perceived conflict, whilst deemed as no risk to the procurement by the Programme Board Chair, was managed accordingly with appropriate mitigations. 

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 

The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on Wednesday 16th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.

This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Written representations should be sent to [email protected]