Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2017-10-17
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service, part of the Crown
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32400000 | 32500000 | 32510000 | 48510000
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service intends to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for use by or on behalf of UK public sector bodies who have a need for the provision of data access services, to facilitate connectivity to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) and additional network services. Non public sector entities may also use the DPS Agreement in order to (i) satisfy contractual obligations to one or more public sector bodies, all of which are entitled to use the DPS on their own account; or (ii) deliver Health and/or Social Care services to benefit the public.
Successful bidders will be required to meet the published criteria including HSCN Compliance to be appointed to the DPS. Suppliers will also be asked to confirm whether they are capable of offering Public Services Network (PSN) compliant services https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/public-services-network, although this is not mandatory.
Crown Commercial Service (the Authority) is putting in place a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of data access to the Health and Social Care Network compliant with the HSCN Compliance Document Set hosted on https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers
This DPS provides Services and associated services from HSCN Compliant suppliers, which are comprised of the Core Component and any Supplementary Component(s).
The Core Component must include HSCN Connectivity Services as defined in the HSCN Obligations Framework that forms part of the HSCN Compliance Document Set as available at https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers
Suppliers will be assessed on the selection criteria information provided in response to their Request to Participate for a place on the Health and Social Care Network Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The procurement will be managed electronically via: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the SID4GOV site at the following link: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register. Following registration, a full copy of the documentation for this DPS will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a DPS agreement and contract if invited to do so.
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/help/sid4gov/completesq
The Supplier can submit a request to participate as a single legal entity. Alternatively, you can work together with other legal entities to form a Group of Economic Operators. If you do, we ask the Group of Economic Operators to choose a lead member who will submit the bid on behalf of the Group of Economic Operators and you will have to identify what each of the parties is contributing to the bid.
This DPS Agreement RM3825 is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom that exist on 13.10.2017 and which fall into one or more of the following categories:
(d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;
(k) Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;
(q) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;
2. Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement web-link.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers will be assessed on the selection criteria information provided in response to their Request to Participate for a place on the Health and Social Care Network Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The procurement will be managed electronically via: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the SID4GOV site at the following link: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register. Following registration, a full copy of the documentation for this DPS will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a DPS agreement and contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/help/sid4gov/completesq The Supplier can submit a request to participate as a single legal entity. Alternatively, you can work together with other legal entities to form a Group of Economic Operators. If you do, we ask the Group of Economic Operators to choose a lead member who will submit the bid on behalf of the Group of Economic Operators and you will have to identify what each of the parties is contributing to the bid. This DPS Agreement RM3825 is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom that exist on 13.10.2017 and which fall into one or more of the following categories: 1. Any of the following: (a) Ministerial government departments; (b) Non ministerial government departments; (c) Executive agencies of government; (d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs; (e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs); (f) Police forces; (g) Fire and rescue services; (h) Ambulance services; (i) Maritime and coastguard agency services; (j) NHS bodies; (k) Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities; (l) Hospices; (m) National Parks; (n) Housing associations, including registered social landlords; (o) Third sector and charities; (p) Citizens advice bodies; (q) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils; (r) Public corporations; (s) Public financial bodies or institutions; (t) Public pension funds; (u) Central banks; and (v) Civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations. 2. Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement web-link. 3. Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement web-link. 4. Those set out in the definition of Contracting Authority in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), namely: (a) the State, regional or local authorities. This covers parliament, central government, regional government and local government; (b) associations formed by one or more regional or local authorities; (continued in III.1.3).

Award value: 500000000