NHS England South West - Integrated Non-Custodial Healthcare Services

The NHS England (NHSE) Health & Justice team in the South West are planning for the re-commissioning of integrated non-custodial healthcare services across the South West region. This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice in order to facilitate a virtual market briefing event. NHSE invites suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in attending a virtual market briefing event which is currently expected to be held on Thursday 14th March 2024. This is intended to build on the stakeholder events held across the South West region during April, May and October 2023. The event will include the commissioning vision, an overview of the services and the procurement timeline.
The areas covered within the procurement will represent the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) boundaries, listed below: • Avon and Somerset • Devon and Cornwall • Dorset • Gloucestershire • Swindon and Wiltshire The following integrated non-custodial services will be in scope of this procurement:

• Liaison and Diversion services.
• RECONNECT services.
• Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements. The Contracts will be for a term of 7 years and services are planned to commence from 1st April 2025. If you are interested in attending the virtual market briefing event, please express an interest via Atamis. Please send a message via the portal with the names of the personnel who are likely to attend the market briefing event. Further details in relation to registering on Atamis can be found at the end of this notice. This exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).