Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-20
Buyer: NHS England South (South Central)
Country: UK
Region: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 3360000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England South (South Central) (the Commissioner) seeks to commission a Child Health Information service for Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCWCSU) on behalf of the Commissioners.
The Commissioner is looking for a single provider to deliver a high-quality service across Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The aim of the Child Health Information Service is to ensure that each child in England has an active care record, supporting delivery of the clinical service, as a minimum, screening, immunisation and the healthy child programme services. It should enable the health promotion and fail-safe activities for clinical delivery to be carried out in a timely way. These records must be held within a secure information system, which meets appropriate requirements for information governance and IT security for managing personally-identifiable data within the NHS, and must be supported by an adequately resourced team to record and manage the relevant data.
— Maintain an accurate, up to date child health record for all children (including Looked After Children) resident, schooled or registered with a GP within the relevant area;
— To fulfil the processing of data returns and statutory reporting requirements of NHS England and PHE and to track progress via the indicators detailed within the Public Health Outcomes Framework and the NHS Outcomes Framework;
— To maintain the child health record to reflect accurate and up to date information about that child in accordance with the statutory responsibility for child health record keeping that NHS England is required to fulfil. In particular, the Provider shall communicate effectively with other CHIS providers and relevant services in a timely fashion when children move in or out of the area, ensuring that the child’s record is updated and the relevant health professionals are informed;
— To support Maternity, Health Visiting, School Nursing, LAC and Immunisation Teams and Primary Care in the collation and distribution of immunisation schedules and developmental review schedules in a timely and efficient manner;
— To recording accurate and timely data in respect of all programs encapsulated by the Healthy Child Programme.
The contract duration will be 4 years and 3 months — Berkshire area contract will commence on 1.1.2017 followed by Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire which will commence on 1.4.2017. The contract will expire on 31.3.2021. Please note it is essential that the Berkshire area contract commences on 1.1.2017.
The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Directive) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority (Open, Restricted, Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, Competitive Dialogue or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.