Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-14
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72300000 | 72310000: Data processing services | 72312000: Data entry services | 72316000: Data analysis services | 72320000
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-12-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The secretary of State for Health (the “Authority") is issuing this notice to inform the market of its intention to start a competitive procurement of 2:
— National Centre for Dissemination and the Coordinating Centre for Patient and Public Involvement, Participation and Engagement (PPIPE) in research. The purpose of this tendering exercise is to identify suitable providers to continue the provision of these 2 requirements which have a combined total value of 6 000 000 GBP for contract terms of 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years at additional cost of 4 000 000 GBP after appropriate evaluation.
As the most integrated clinical research system in the world, the NIHR drives research from bench to bedside for the benefit of patients and the economy. It carries out its activities through 4 main work strands:
The NIHR Centre for Dissemination (NCD) was established in April 2015, with a remit to improve awareness and uptake of research evidence, particularly from the NIHR, by people working in health and social care. The NCD produces regular, accessible summaries of recent single studies (NIHR and non-NIHR) through signals; broader themed reviews of key topic areas 3 times a year; and a range of shorter topic-based summaries, collections and blog campaigns (highlights, 6 per year). In addition, The NCD undertakes a range of engagement and communications work, including events, partnership working and social media campaigns.
The NCD has built a significant and engaged audience over this period, and has embarked on a number of potentially high-impact partnerships with organisations such as Royal Colleges and the BMJ. It is therefore important that the next phase of NCD activity effectively capitalises on this progress, enhancing the successful
— play a key role within the NIHR to support dissemination activity and help shape NIHR thinking in this area,
— produce a range of evidence summaries at appropriate pace and scale and based on robust and efficient business processes,
— forge active partnerships with practitioners, patients and service users at every stage of the dissemination process to ensure products are relevant and usable,
— work at national level to inform policy and practice, drawing on extensive knowledge in health services research, public health, mental health and social care research.
The aim of the proposed tendering exercise is to identify a suitable contractor to undertake the role of the NCD.
Please refer to the procurement documents for more detailed information on the requirement. The link to the documents is as stated in section 1 of this notice.
Option to extend for a further 2 years after annual contract review. Please note that the estimated value in II.2.6 (5 000 000 GBP) is the sum of the first 3 years at a value of 3 000 000 GBP and 2 000 000 GBP for the further 2 year extension after contract review.
ISIT Stage: top 3 tenders per lot will be invited to submit a detailed tender and go through to further negotiations with the authority, unless the authority awards the contract on the basis of initial tenders without negotiation.
The Department of Health reserves the right to change the number of stages within the process or discontinue the tendering process and not award the contract.Please note that the authority reserves the right to award contracts on the basis of initial tenders without negotiation.
NIHR Coordinating Centre for Patient and Public Involvement, Participation and Engagement (PPIPE) in Research


Award value: 10000000