Integrated Healthcare Services to Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) - Market Engagement

Description

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in order to inform the market of NHS England Health and Justice South East's, (the Commissioner's) intention to commission services for Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC). The intention is to commission an outcome focused, integrated primary healthcare service, equivalent to that available to the local community, delivering physical health, mental health, substance misuse and dental services. At this time, the Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and warmly invites interested parties to attend a market engagement event being held on: Thursday 29th January 2026 between 10:00 am - 15:00 pm in Southampton, Hampshire. The purpose of the event will be to share further detail of the commissioner's aims and objectives for the service, as well as provide an opportunity for commissioners to obtain valuable feedback from providers and key stakeholders to help inform the commissioning strategy. Details on how to register to attend the event are provided below. The Commissioners will be contracting the services using a prime provider model, in order to support integrated, patient centred care across the full range of service specialties required to manage the complex healthcare needs of those in the IRC setting. The Commissioner will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. Haslar IRC is located in Gosport, Hampshire and is due to have a maximum operational capacity of 600 male detainees. The initial operational capacity, over the first three years of the contract, is expected to be 130 detainees. Post this term of the contract, there is expected to be an incremental increase in occupancy, as detainees are placed there, ramping up to full operational capacity. The Contract term is expected to be 7 years and 6 months, commencing from 1st January 2027. This includes a 6 month mobilisation period, with healthcare services expected to commence from July 2027. The maximum total (indicative) contract value (exclusive of the mobilisation period) is expected to be £19,052,185. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West (SCW) on behalf of the commissioners. Lot 1: This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in order to inform the market of NHS England Health and Justice South East's, (the Commissioner's) intention to commission services for Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC). The intention is to commission an outcome focused, integrated primary healthcare service, equivalent to that available to the local community, delivering physical health, mental health, substance misuse and dental services. At this time, the Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and warmly invites interested parties to attend a market engagement event being held on: Thursday 29th January 2026 between 10:00 am - 15:00 pm in Southampton, Hampshire. The purpose of the event will be to share further detail of the commissioner's aims and objectives for the service, as well as provide an opportunity for commissioners to obtain valuable feedback from providers and key stakeholders to help inform the commissioning strategy. Details on how to register to attend the event are provided below. The Commissioners will be contracting the services using a prime provider model, in order to support integrated, patient centred care across the full range of service specialties required to manage the complex healthcare needs of those in the IRC setting. The Commissioner will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers. Haslar IRC is located in Gosport, Hampshire and is due to have a maximum operational capacity of 600 male detainees. The initial operational capacity, over the first three years of the contract, is expected to be 130 detainees. Post this term of the contract, there is expected to be an incremental increase in occupancy, as detainees are placed there, ramping up to full operational capacity. The services that are likely to be included in the contract include, but may not limited to: • A community equivalent multi-professional primary care service • General Practitioners provision • Primary Care Nursing (including long term conditions) • Dental services • Gender specific considerations • Pharmacy services (including Out of Hours provision) • Substance misuse services • Primary and Secondary Mental Health and Learning Disability Services • Rule 34 and 35 Assessments • Health Promotion and Prevention • Smoking Cessation • Blood Born Viruses testing to include funding, access and delivery (including provision of testing facilities where necessary) • Consultant-led pain management clinics • Therapies / clinics • Access to external community services • Sexual Health screening - Tiers (1, 2) • Appropriate administrative and data management support For further information on the services, please refer to the national service specifications, available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/immigration-removal-centres-adults-service-specification/. The final specifications, including some specific local tailoring as determined by the Commissioner, will be published as part of the final procurement documentation. The Commissioner anticipates commencing a competitive procurement process in the summer of 2026 to award the contract. The successful provider will be expected to actively participate in the on-site mobilisation of the integrated healthcare services immediately post the contract award (expected to be January 2027), in order to effectively commence service delivery once the first detainees arrive (expected to be 1st July 2027). Immediately post the contract award and subject to the subsequent signing of the contract, the Commissioner will commence payment to the provider to facilitate the mobilisation of services. This will continue until the service commencement date (expected to be 1st July 2027). Prior to the service commencement date, the provider will be required to provide a financial statement of expenditure incurred during this period which will be reconciled against contracts payments made. The Contract term is expected to be 7 years and 6 months (inclusive of the mobilisation period). The maximum total (indicative) contract value (exclusive of the mobilisation period) is expected to be £19,052,185. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West (SCW) on behalf of the commissioners. Additional information: Those interested in attending the event and delivering (all or part of) the service requirements should follow the link to the e-procurement system, Atamis, search for the opportunity by clicking on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, then complete the 'Market Engagement Event Registration Form' Microsoft (MS) Forms available within the system. Please note that you will need to be registered on Atamis, and then select the option to 'register an interest' under the project titled 'Integrated Healthcare Services to Haslar IRC - Market Engagement', project reference C406748 to gain access to the MS Forms registration link. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome In order to establish fair representation, availability for this event is limited to a maximum of three individuals per organisation. The closing date for registering is 12 noon 16th January 2026. Further details of the event will be provided once the PIN has closed, to all respondents who have registered their interest and completed the registration form/questionnaire prior to this closing date.