Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-07-06
Buyer: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30210000 | 30213200 | 30213300 | 44316400 | 48600000
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Award criteria: Compliance with specification, Scenario based commercial response, Commercial service schedule, Risk, Overall cost effectiveness

Technical requirements: Compliance with specification
Scenario based commercial response
Commercial service schedule
Risk
Overall cost effectiveness
Secure Managed Service of Technology Assets to Improve Operational Productivity National Framework Agreement.
A secure managed service of integrated technology products, software solutions and managed services provided by a single supplier will need to show increased saving opportunities, improvements to productivity, and reductions in administration costs. The secure service needs to ensure that any asset containing sensitive and confidential information complies with the requirements of the law (e.g. on a server, personal computer, printing device or electronic and paper documents), security must cover every entry point with multiple layers of protection. The NHS needs security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage and customise, whilst also remaining accessible for employees to use.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by all UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations); however it is anticipated that its core use will be within the NHS, therefore potential users of the Framework Agreement that are considered the core client base:
Clinical Commissioning Group's, NHS Trust's, Special Health Authorities, The Care Quality Commission, National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE, The Health and Social Care Information Centre, The Secretary of State, relevant Welsh health service bodies, NHS Foundation Trusts, Academic Health Science Networks, The NHS Trust Development Authority, Monitor, Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England, NHS Health Research Authority, The Department of Health, Executive agencies of the Department of Health including but not limited to Public Health England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute of Health Research, Arms Length Bodies of the Department of Health not otherwise listed in this Contract Notice including but not limited to NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Litigation Authority, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority, Any provider of primary medical services under a GMS, PMS or APMS contract, All Local Authorities, as defined under section 1 the Local Government Act 2000 including Health and Well Being Boards established by any Local Authority, including as listed and maintained on the following URLs:
http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/about-nhs-foundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory?letter=AllFT
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Winner: As per those listed in the additional information field VI.2)
Number of bids: 1