NHSE1068 - Primary Care & MH Services for West Yorkshire Adult Male Prisons

Tender description

Primary Care Services (including Substance Misuse) and Mental Health Services (including Learning Disabilities and Autism) for West Yorkshire Adult Male Prisons within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Description of the competition North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England – North East and Yorkshire (Health and Justice Team) (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a competition to commission Primary Care Services (including Substance Misuse) and Mental Health Services (including Learning Disabilities and Autism) for West Yorkshire Adult Male Prisons within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) under Atamis Reference NHSE1068. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and/ or Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The contract term is for an initial period of 6 years commencing on 01 April 2026, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. The closing date for submission of competition response is by 12 noon on 03 October 2025. Additional information NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including response submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035 The helpdesk is open Monday – Friday between 08.00 am – 06.00 pm Competition documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 20 August 2025. Legal, economic, financial, and technical information Conditions for participation The “Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006” as amended by the “Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014” (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Providers are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence 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.