Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England North East & Yorkshire Health and Justice Team
The Old Exchange
Darlington
DL3 7DR
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC13 - Darlington
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
NECS
John Snow House
Durham
DL1 3YG
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Substance Misuse Service within Aycliffe Secure Children's Home - Request for Information August 2022
Reference number
NHSE824 - Request for Information August 2022
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England North East & Yorkshire Health and Justice Team (the Contracting Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a substance misuse service within Aycliffe Secure Children's Home.
Following the feedback in the initial Request for Information for this service (published 20th June 2022), a further Request for Information is being issued with a revised financial envelope and updated service specification. 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.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Aycliffe Secure Children's Home
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England North East & Yorkshire Health and Justice Team (the Contracting Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a substance misuse service within Aycliffe Secure Children's Home.
Following the feedback in the initial Request for Information for this service (published 20th June 2022), a further Request for Information is being issued with a revised financial envelope and updated service specification. 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.
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 on Find a Tender and 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.
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 and return their completed RFI documentation.
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home
Please note that all communications will be conducted via the In-Tend portal only.
It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: support@in-tend.com or by phone on 0844 2728810
Helpdesk Availability - Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm.
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 03 August 2022 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on 17 August 2022.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
7 November 2022