Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-24
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as ‘NHS National Services Scotland’) (‘NSS’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48180000 | 48814000: Medical information systems | 48814200 | 48814400
Estimated value: 65000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
General Medical Practice patient administration and clinical systems delivered as a managed service, together with associated services (including, but not limited to; implementation, development, testing, support and training services) and optional software modules (‘GP IT Managed Services’). The services are to be made available pursuant to a framework to general medical practices (‘GP’) or premises from which GP or primary medical care services are provided. The IT needs of NHSScotland require to be met on a flexible basis to address its evolving business and clinical requirements and to deliver the benefits of improvements in technology. This will result in both changes to service provision and the requirement for additional administrative and clinical services, for which systems may require to be hosted and supported over the Term.
It is the intention of NSS to enter into a multi-supplier framework agreement pursuant to which General Medical Practice patient administration and clinical systems are to be delivered as a managed service. Call off contracts awarded under the framework agreement may be entered into to deliver services to entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, local authorities, to entities constituted pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, the Scottish Prison Service, GP practices or premises from which GP or primary medical care services are provided. Such call off contracts may be entered into after mini competition or by direct award. Call off contracts shall have a term of seven (7) years, with a possible extension of up to three (3) years. Call off contracts will be by NSS on behalf of all Health Boards within whose geographical areas GPs are located.
NSS shall determine eligibility and assess economic, financial and technical ability of Bidders in relation to the specific requirements detailed in Sections III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of this Contract Notice.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the ESPD and covers questions 4B.2 — 4B.6.1 of the ESPD (Scotland) and responses will be assessed on a pass/fail basis:
4B1.2 — Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 1 500 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
4B.2.2 — Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 1 500 000 GBP in the business area covered by the contract for the last 2 years.
4B.4 — Bidders will be required to state the value(s) for the following financial ratio(s) from their most recent set of accounts: Current Ratio (i.e. Current Assets/Current Liabilities) > or = 1.1 over the last two years.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders must demonstrate that they have a sufficient and appropriate general and relevant experience to perform Call Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement and the extent of experience necessary to deliver the range of the managed services all as described in this Contract Notice.
4C.1.2 — Bidders should provide relevant examples of projects in the last three years where they have delivered services similar to those described in II.1.4 Short Description covering the criteria below which will be considered by NSS for the purpose of assessing general and relevant experience.
4C.2 — Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant technical ability to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice. For example:
Accreditation to NHS Digital GP System of Choice (GPSoC) framework, or equivalent. Please provide details of your GPSoC accreditation status and list products accredited.
4C.6 — Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:


Award value: 65000000