Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2018-10-19
Buyer: The Health and Social Care Information Centre, known as NHS Digital
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71356000 | 71600000 | 72330000 | 85000000
Estimated value: 9000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-11-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Digital wishes to set-up a new Dynamic Purchasing System for the creation, maintenance, and amendment of information standards for the health and social care sector.
NHS Digital wishes to create a new Dynamic Purchasing System for the creation, maintenance and amendment of information standards across the health and social care sector. the building information standards Dynamic Purchasing System will enable public sector buyers to efficiently identify suppliers with capability and experience in specific market areas, and allow for orders to be competed efficiently between all admitted participants on the Dynamic Purchasing System.
The BIS DPS will be created with an initial duration of 48 months. The estimated value of the BIS DPS reflects estimated spend over this period. However, the BIS DPS may be extended, at the Authority's sole discretion at the end of the 48 month period, in accordance with regulation 34(28) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
This Dynamic Purchasing System is for use by buyers in the British Islands (as defined in the Interpretation Act 1978) and which fall into one or more of the categories of body listed in III.1.1
This Dynamic Purchasing System is for use by buyers in the British Islands which fall into one or more of the categories of body listed below:
(k) educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;
(p) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;
2) Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/ organisations or any replacement web-link;
3) Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/
Nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement web-link.
4) Those set out in the definition of Contracting Authority in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), namely:
(a) the State, regional or local authorities. This covers parliament, central government, regional government and local government;
(c) bodies governed by public law, as defined under regulation 2(1) of PCR, including any subsidiary and sponsoring department of such bodies. A body which operates in normal market conditions, aims to make a profit, and bears the losses resulting from the exercise of its activity shall not be considered as being a body
Governed by public law since the needs in the general interest, that it has been set up to meet or been given the task of meeting, can be deemed to have an industrial or commercial character;
(d) associations formed by one or more bodies governed by public law including any (applicable) joint venture or corporation;

Eligibility requirements: This Dynamic Purchasing System is for use by buyers in the British Islands which fall into one or more of the categories of body listed below: 1. (a) ministerial government departments; (b) non-ministerial government departments; (c) executive agencies of government; (d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs; (e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs); (f) Police forces; (g) Fire and rescue services; (h) Ambulance services; (i) Maritime and coastguard agency services; (j) NHS bodies; (k) educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities; (l) hospices; (m) housing associations, including registered social landlords; (n) third sector and charities; (o) citizens advice bodies; (p) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils; (q) public corporations; (r) civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations. (s) HM Armed Forces (t) HM Prisons (youth, adult and deportation) (u) HM Courts and tribunals service. 2) Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/ organisations or any replacement web-link; 3) Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/ Nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement web-link. 4) Those set out in the definition of Contracting Authority in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), namely: (a) the State, regional or local authorities. This covers parliament, central government, regional government and local government; (b) associations formed by one or more regional or local authorities; (c) bodies governed by public law, as defined under regulation 2(1) of PCR, including any subsidiary and sponsoring department of such bodies. A body which operates in normal market conditions, aims to make a profit, and bears the losses resulting from the exercise of its activity shall not be considered as being a body Governed by public law since the needs in the general interest, that it has been set up to meet or been given the task of meeting, can be deemed to have an industrial or commercial character; (d) associations formed by one or more bodies governed by public law including any (applicable) joint venture or corporation; (e) central government authorities, as defined under regulation 2(1) of PCR and listed in Schedule 1 PCR.

Award value: 9000000