Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-30
Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72212517
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-11-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who are seeking to establish a integrated digital implementation system framework.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board urgently requires a single provider for lot 1 for a Covid Recovery/Rehab Application. The awarded bidder will design and develop a national patient-facing app to support the process of recovery from Covid, incorporated within a implementation programme providing standardisation, education and implementation science methodology and tools for healthcare professionals, embedding into clinical practice nationally this winter. This application will be required to be implemented and delivered within this financial year.
The contract will have an option to extend for up 24 months at the sole discretion of the health board which is included in the months duration within this notice.
Lot 2 of the framework will establish multiple organisations who can provide fully managed digital platforms for a number of specialties in the dissemination and implementation of bespoke clinical interventions across NHS Wales, utilising dashboards and tools for clinical leaders, managers and commissioners to manage implementations of bespoke interventions, such as national clinical guidelines, large-scale education programmes, quality improvement and patient support apps.
This lot is designed for requirements to be called off from the framework via mini competition as and when required. There is no guarantee of any business under this lot.
The contract will have an option to extend for up 24 months at the sole discretion of the health board which is included in the months duration within this notice.
1) the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract;
2) bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the contracting authority will not negotiate the terms;
5) all tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders;
6) prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services is acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board;
7) bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo eTenderWales portal and access the itt_84120 for all tender documentation.
Note: the authority is using eTenderWales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=105098
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board will allow a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract.
Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in section I.1). Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits in accordance with the Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2015.


Award value: 2000000