Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-03-10
Buyer: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30210000 | 44316400 | 48600000 | 48810000: Information systems | 48814000: Medical information systems
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Award criteria: Price/cost, Compliance with specification and delivery model, Practicality and ease of use

Technical requirements: Price/cost
Compliance with specification and delivery model
Practicality and ease of use
To provide a Healthcare Content Management System to access Trusts silos of information which can typically sit across multiple best of breed clinical systems and various storage media. To provide a single access point of information and enable migration to an entire digital information platform.
1. Browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities;
5. Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue', Enter your correct business and user details, Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete, you will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure);
7. Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier);
9. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) âEUR” You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ITT Details' box;
10. Responding to the tender Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. 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.
11. The awarding authority seeks to establish a framework agreement which maybe used by the following authorities: Clinical Commissioning Group's, NHS Trust's, Special Health Authorities, The Care Quality Commission, National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE, The Health and Social Care Information Centre, The Secretary of State, relevant Welsh health service bodies, NHS Foundation Trusts, Academic Health Science Networks, The NHS Trust Development Authority, Monitor, Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England, NHS Health Research Authority, The Department of Health, Executive agencies of the Department of Health including but not limited to Pubic Health England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the National Institute of Health Research, Arms Length Bodies of the Department of Health not otherwise listed in this Contract Notice including but not limited to NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Litigation Authority, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Human Tissue Authority, Any provider of primary medical services under a GMS, PMS or APMS contract, All Local Authorities, as defined under section 1 the Local Government Act 2 000 including Health and Well Being Boards established by any Local Authority, including as listed and maintained on the following URLs: http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/arms-length-bodies http://www.england.nhs.uk/ccg-details/ http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk http://www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/about-nhs-foundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory?letter=AllFT http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/caretrustlisting.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://openlylocal.com/councils/all
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).


Winner: Lexmark International Limited
Number of bids: 1