Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 1DH
Contact
Annie Southgate
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHS Health Checks Community Provision
Reference number
NCCT42875
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council's Public Health team are seeking to procure a suitable Provider to deliver a Norfolk wide NHS Health Check (NHS HC) community provision service. This procurement will be under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,890,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH17 - Breckland and South Norfolk
- UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
- UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Main site or place of performance
Norfolk
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council's Public Health team are seeking to procure a suitable Provider to deliver a Norfolk wide NHS Health Check (NHS HC) community provision service. The service will comprise of the following key elements:• Flexible and accessible community-based provision delivered by trained practitioners as per the NHS HC Competency Framework.• Minimum target delivery of 22,700 NHS HCs.• A focus on engaging innovatively with communities across Norfolk, as well as to targeted groups where there are higher levels of deprivation and health inequalities. • Working closely with GP practices across Norfolk to provide capacity support, raise awareness of NHS HCs and encourage NHS HC invitations.• Providing support with the expected roll-out of the NHS Digital Health Check in 2024.Indications at this stage is of a potential minimum lifetime contract value of £1.89 million (non-capped) over 3 years (3-year possible extension), delivered as a block contract of £420,000 per year. Start of contract 1st October 2024.We wish to carry out engagement with the market prior to release of a contract notice. If you wish to engage with us, please express an interest in this project (after registering on intend. The website address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc) and use the correspondence facility. We expect the event to take place week commencing 4th March 2024 over Teams. If you are interested, please send the names and email addresses of all who wish to attend. An invite will be issued with joining instructions and a draft copy of the service specification. If you have comments or questions relating to the specification, please send them in via correspondence through in-tend. We can then provide responses at the event. We also intend to offer a limited number of 1 to 1 meetings during this week. If you would like to attend one of these meetings, please email suzanne.wilkin@norfolk.gov.uk.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
15 January 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note we are currently only seeking expressions of interest and to inform you of the opportunity for market engagement. As such, no documentation is currently available. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system, in-tend. To participate in this procurement and gain access to documents when they are available, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Help. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the tenders section and express an interest in the project. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.