Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-11-05
Buyer: NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72510000: Computer-related management services

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The purpose of this prior information notice (PIN) is to inform the market operators of a Supplier Day which the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is hosting between 2
The NHSBSA is a Special Health Authority. It provides a range of critical central services to NHS organisations, NHS contractors, NHS employees, patients and the public. The NHSBSA is responsible for processing 36 000 000 000 GBP of health and related expenditure across a diverse range of services.
The NHS ESR solution is one of the workforce services provided by the NHSBSA and is an oracle based workforce management tool for the integrated HR, payroll, learning management and business intelligence. The solution currently services over 1 500 000 GBP employees in over 440 organisations and is accessible via a Liferay portal.
— Core HR (e.g. key personnel events; leave and absence; education, training and organisational structures; approvals, revalidations/fitness to practice),
The ESR solution and related services are provided by the current provider under a managed service contract which, will run until August 2022. The NHSBSA wants to ensure the continuity of the ESR solution and related services. To do so, NHSBSA wishes to re-procure the provision of the ESR service on the basis that the provider under the new agreement will be expected to transition the existing ESR solution from the existing agreement, operate it and upgrade it. Additionally, under the new agreement the service provider will work with the NHSBSA ESR team to review whether the existing platform remains the solution of choice and/or identify alternatives with a view to implement within the new agreement.
As well as the core services identified above, the provider under the new agreement will also be required to provide certain enhancements to the ESR solution, some of which will be identified in the re-procurement and others which the Provider will help the NHSBSA identify.
— to ensure that the NHS has access to a robust and reliable HR and payroll solution and workforce management data beyond the expiry of the current ESR contract,
— to adopt a fit for purpose commercial model ensuring sufficient flexibility to respond to on-going changes across the health and social care landscape as well as offering options for the solution at exit,
— to enable provision of high quality workforce data with assurance on data integrity and management in the delivery of the emerging health and social care landscape,
— to support DHSC providers, commissioners, regulators and Arm's length Bodies (ALBs) to deliver their assurance and efficiency responsibilities in a rapidly changing environment.
Within the procurement process, potential bidders will be required to demonstrate the additional capability that they can offer.
The NHS Business Services Authority will be holding a Supplier Day in London on the 2.12.2019 to the 4.12.2019. If you would like to attend and receive additional related information, we will require you to RSVP by the 20.11.2019. Please contact Saima Wahid via the Bravo E-Tendering System Supplier Mailbox using the following link: https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk
This notice is published to support the NHSBSA's preliminary market engagement for our planned delivery of ESR Services. It is not a call for competition. It is currently intended that a contract notice will be published as a call for competition once the NHSBSA's proposed strategy is fully developed. An indicative timeline regarding the call for competition will be provided at the Supplier Day. Additional related information provided and produced by the NHSBSA at the Supplier Day, including the slide packs indicative timeline, anonymised summary of the Q and A arising from the individual supplier meetings and the questions asked and answers given during the general sessions (the Supplier Day Materials) will be made available on the NHSBSA's website at https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk
Interested suppliers who are unable to attend the supplier day should nevertheless register (using the details provided at II.8)) in order to be notified when the supplier day materials are available.