Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-03
Buyer: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30230000 | 32342450 | 33111200 | 33111600 | 33197000
Estimated value: 600000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: ‘Enterprise and Departmental PACS and Information Systems (for example RIS) and Associated Goods and Services’.
NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement for the supply to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the direct route of: enterprise and departmental picture archiving systems and communications system (PACS) departmental information systems such as Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and associated goods and services.
The Framework shall include installation maintenance and servicing where applicable of the goods bought through the Framework Agreement and shall include but shall not be limited to the following:
Related accessories and services shall be available for purchase under this Framework Agreement provided that they are an accessory that can be used in conjunction with the normal day to day use of the goods and services that are purchased under the Framework Agreement. Any related accessories or services must be purchased alongside goods and/or services listed under 1 of the lots and must fall within one of the CPV codes listed on this Contract Notice.
Examples of accessories options and services that may fall within the scope of this Framework Agreement include but shall not be limited to:
The provision of a clinical software solution, or software that compliments a clinical application. This may include applications that solely manage data or data work-flows in support of clinical applications. For the avoidance of doubt these software applications will require a primary application to be in place and the said software applications supplied must integrate into the primary application using open standards such as HL7 (as updated from time to time) or an open application programme interface (API).
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the first 24 months of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of 150 000 000 GBP however this is approximate only.
The figure below is for the total estimated value based on this initial expenditure and includes a forecast for growth.
Appointment within the Lot will be made on a Line by Line basis and all Suppliers who meet the minimum requirements which are set out in the Invitation to Tender and who reach over a score of 40 % will be appointed to that Line within the Lot. Applicants should note that they may therefore be appointed for one or a number of the Lines across this Lot and should refer to the Invitation to Tender for further information in respect of this.’.
The provision of hardware that supports the delivery of a clinical application, this could be IT related equipment or specific furniture to support clinical delivery for the application (e.g.)reporting tables, computer on wheels etc.,), Diagnostic Displays, Dual 5 mega pixel mono chrome pair including graphic card, IT related hardware to support the delivery of clinical applications,
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the first 24 months of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of 3 000 000 GBP however this is approximate only.
The figure below is for the total estimated value based on the initial expenditure and includes a forecast for growth.
Appointment within the Lot will be made on a Line by Line basis and all Suppliers who meet the minimum requirements which are set out in the Invitation to Tender and who reach over a score of 50 % will be appointed to that Line within the Lot. Applicants should note that they may therefore be appointed for one or a number of the Lines across this Lot and should refer to the Invitation to Tender for further information in respect of this.’.
The provision of off-site hosting services for data, data warehousing solutions, application hosting and hardware and data.
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the first 24 months of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of £30 000 000 however this is approximate only.

Eligibility requirements: ‘This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows: REGISTRATION 1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal. 2. If not yet registered: — Click on the “Not Registered Yet” link to access the registration page. — Complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page. PORTAL ACCESS If registration has been completed: — Login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ . — Click on the “Supplier Dashboard” icon to open the list of new procurement events. EXPRESSION OF INTEREST — View Contract Notice content by clicking on the “VIEW NOTICE” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document. — Express an interest by clicking on the “EXPRESS INTEREST” button. — To start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button. — Select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description — In the detail view click on the orange coloured “Framework Agreement” button to start responding to the tender. HEADER LEVEL REQUIREMENTS: — Applicants are required to read all Framework Header Documents which can be accessed using the “NHS SC HEADER DOCUMENTS” button which is located in the “SELECT FRAMEWORK” tab Please see section 6 of the Invitation to Tender document for information about how to submit your tender response.’.