Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-14
Buyer: NHS Business Services Authority (the ‘Authority’) which is represented in the Procurement by the Secretary of State for Health
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 30200000 | 32400000 | 48000000 | 50300000 | 51600000
Estimated value: 248800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
A contract between the Authority and its incumbent Supplier relating to the procurement and supply of goods and services across the NHS, together with supporting information and communication technology services (‘ICT services’) is due to expire on 30 September 2018.
In the re-procurement of the services delivered by the current contract, the Authority is disaggregating the ICT services from the procurement and supply of goods. In this procurement exercise, the Authority is seeking to award a single contract for the delivery of supporting technologies and infrastructure services (only), which will include transformation services for the replacement of legacy systems.
The Authority will set up an Intelligent Client Co-ordinator (‘ICC’) to fulfil the contract management role and act on behalf of NHS Customers and the Authority. There will be an obligation in the contract for the appointed supplier to enter into a novation agreement with the Authority and the ICC if required.
The procurement is being conducted via the competitive dialogue procedure under Regulation 30 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and it is anticipated that 6 potential providers will be invited to submit outline solutions and 4 potential providers will be invited to submit final tenders. The services that are required can be briefly described as:
— Transition services — to transfer all current services and systems (including novating contracts as required) to the successful supplier on or before the 30.9.2018.
— Business as Usual services — to provide continuity of the transitioned services (as set out in the Authority's requirements).
— Transformation services — to enhance existing legacy systems and services (as requested by the Authority) during the contract period. Three transformation projects have been identified by the Authority, but additional projects may be added.
It is anticipated that dialogue will be concentrated on transformation services. The dialogue may be conducted in successive stages leading to submission of a final tender.
The contract will be executed by the Authority, although the procurement is being conducted by the Department of Health on behalf of the Authority. The cost estimates provided in Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6 are the maximum sums payable over 72 month period (a four (4) year contract term with a two year (2) extension).
Potential providers should note that over the period of the contract, the supplier may be required to provide the services to other agencies, such as NHS trusts, other NHS entities, other UK government department agencies or other statutory bodies and/or private sector providers of NHS funded care.
The Authority is publishing the draft procurement documents through its e-sourcing portal, however, it reserves the right to reissue these documents with any refinements at the commencement of the dialogue phase.
Any questions regarding this notice must be sent to the Authority using the Clarification Question Submission Template provided as part of the procurement documents and sent to supportingtechnologies@dh.gsi.gov.uk.
All questions must be received by the deadline for receipt of clarifications (as stated in the procurement documents). Responses to questions will be shared by the Authority to potential providers using the Authority's e-Sourcing Portal (commercially sensitive questions/responses may be provided only to the relevant potential provider). This procurement exercise will be conducted via the Department of Health's e-Sourcing Portal. Potential providers should visit http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/procurement to register on the e-Sourcing Portal and download instructions on how to response to this opportunity.
The e-Sourcing Portal will contain all of the procurement documentation (including the Contract). All responses and final tenders must be submitted using the e-Sourcing Portal. The e-Sourcing Portal reference number for the Selection Phase of this exercise is: EOI 60426.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 248800000