Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-03
Buyer: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32342440 | 32400000 | 32410000 | 32412000
Estimated value: 13800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) which runs the Queens Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), Birmingham Chest Clinic, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital (collectively known as “HGS”) and various community services across the region is to select a suitably qualified and experienced strategic partner to support their unified communications and data networks at each layer of the network. The scope of support covers WAN (not circuits), LAN (Core and Edge), Wi-Fi, Unified Communications including service desk, incident management, configuration, reporting, innovations and ad-hoc services when required.
UHB is tendering for services to replace existing contracts due to expire between 2019 and 2020 respectively. The supplier will be expected to plan a phased transition, allowing for a seamless transfer to operational service at the end of the existing contracts. It is anticipated that transition services will commence in January 2019.
Further information on the Authority's requirements can be found in its Prospectus available at https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html
The contract shall commence on the transition services commencement date and the term of the contract shall expire 5 years from the operational services commencement date. There are options to extend the contract for a further two 12 month periods. Transition will be phased to correspond with the expiry of the legacy contracts, however all services shall end on a coterminous basis, within the provision of the overarching 5 year term, plus the two 12 month extension options.
The Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. This opportunity and all documentation relating to this opportunity is available on e-tendering system BravoSolution hosted via https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html. New users will be required to register onto the system. All suppliers who wish to participate in this opportunity must submit completed tenders using the e-tendering system BravoSolution by the deadline specified in Section IV.2.2. Instructions on how to submit tenders can be found below.
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html and click the link to register,
— Click the “PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier),
— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your “My PQQs/ My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— Click “My Response” under “PQQ/ ITT Details”, you can choose to “Create Response” or to “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining),
— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the “Submit Response” button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
All communications shall be in English. Any contract or agreement resulting from any invitation to tender will be considered as a contract made in England according to English Law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
The Authority does not bind itself to accept any tender and reserves the right to accept any part of the tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates to the contrary. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 imposes a statutory obligation on public bodies to make information they are holding available on request.Bidders should be aware of the Authority's obligations under the Act, whereby information provided by Bidders in response to this advertisement may be requested by a third party.
(iii) to exclude a Bidder from the procurement process if it is subsequently determined that any information supplied was inaccurate, incomplete or untrue and was relied upon for selection purposes;
(v) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice.
Under no circumstances will the Authority or any of their advisers, be liable for any costs or expenses borne by any Bidder or any of its advisers in responding to this contract notice or at any stage in the process.


Award value: 13800000