Pipeline Framework: NHS England (Central Midlands) – HMP Lincoln and North Sea Camp – Substance Misuse Service

A pipeline has been launched for NHS England (Central Midlands) – HMP Lincoln and North Sea Camp – Substance Misuse ServiceThe contract start Date is 01 April 2018. Approach to market date is 07 August 2017NHS England (North Midlands, Health and Justice) is looking to gauge the potential market interest in providing Integrated Substance Misuse Services (Clinical and Psychosocial services)within two prisons in the Central Midlands, HMP/ YOI Lincoln and HMP North Sea Camp.The financial envelope for the opportunity is to be finalised, but will be in the region of £ 1.2mil per annum with a contract length of 3 Years 6 Months. Inception of contract is planned for 1 April 2018 preceded by a robust mobilisation period in the region of 3 months. It is hoped the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and supporting documentation will be published in August 2017.Please could you reply (in principle, pending further information and consideration) as follows:1. Yes, we are interested in bidding for the contract opportunity and could potentially accommodate the timescales.2. No, we are not interested in bidding for the contract opportunity for the following reasons (please add detail as applicable)Please reply by Friday 30 June 2017.To respond to this request please complete the questionnaire on the following link and access the pqq reference 390: An expression of interest as a result of this PIN notice will not automatically entitle your involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this notice will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, AGEMCSU Cardinal Square, Nottingham Road, Derby DE1 3QT. Email: chris.horrocks@ardengecmsu.nhs.uk (Chris Horrocks)