Provision of Custodial Healthcare Services

VEAT notification of the Authority's intention to re-award the current contract to the incumbent service provider, Mountain Healthcare Limited for a further single year from 1st June 2024 to 31st May 2025, without call for competition. (The current contract expires 31st May 2024 with no further options for extension). Justification for this action detailed within this notice. A formal tender process is planned to commence mid 2024 to award a new contract in June 2025. Any subsequent procurement action will follow legislative requirements in force at the time of publication by electronic means via the Find a Tender Service.

All associated correspondence must be in UK English.

The service provides embedded, mobile fully qualified, trained healthcare professionals to the 6/7 custody suites in the TVP area to assess, treat & signpost Detainees to ensure fitness for detention/charging & needs to fully integrate with NHS, social care & voluntary sector providers of health & social support. This VEAT notification is an intention to re-award to the incumbent service provider, Mountain Healthcare Limited for a further single year from 1 Jun 24 to 31 May 25 without call for competition. Current contract expires 31 May 24 with no further options for extension. Justification is; Due to operational & resourcing constraints faced both internally within the stakeholder dept, Criminal Justice (CJ) & externally with partnering agencies, incl NHSE Commissioning who are assisting with essential elements of medical/clinical input, along with the volatility of the medical staffing market (circa 50,000 nursing vacancies) CJ & NHSE are unable to provide dedicated resource to the re-tendering process & the potential workload involved in the mobilisation/implementation for any new provider for this service at the current time. CJ & NHSE pipelines indicate resource will be available Apr 24. To undertake effective re-procurement of our custody healthcare provision TVP will benefit from knowing the outcome of the ongoing NHSE re-procurement of our L&D service, to understand exactly what this provision will deliver in the future & what healthcare capability TVP therefore needs to commission. From a value for money perspective, this delay will also reduce the risk of over-commissioning services that may be provided through the L&D contract. Formal tender process planned to commence mid-24 to award a new contract in Jun 25. A 30 day standstill period applies from the date of publication of this VEAT notice, during which time the Authority will not enter into any new contractual arrangements. Any subsequent procurement action will follow legislative requirements in force at the time of publication by electronic means via the find a Tender Service. All associated correspondence must be in UK English. Additional information: No action required. This is a VEAT notification of intention to re-award the current contract to the incumbent. Justification detailed part in II.2.4) Description of the procurement of this notice. A 30 day standstill period applies from the date of publication of this VEAT notice, during which time the Authority will not enter into any new contractual arrangements.