Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-01-20
Buyer: Scotland Excel
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72268000: Software supply services
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Supply of Social Care Case Management Solutions Software (Including Installation and Maintenance)
Offers are sought in connection with the establishment of a collaborative arrangement for the provision of a social care case management system solution.
Under the resultant framework suppliers will be required to provide software and related services, to include configuration, installation and commissioning of systems, ongoing support and maintenance.
The solution will include functionality to support case management for adults, children, criminal justice and finance. A key part of the resultant framework agreement will be to further accelerate the development of open systems, data sharing and the interoperability of IT systems so that services can be delivered efficiently and respond more flexibly to the needs of citizens and businesses.
A software solution that can deliver a self-directed support capability for citizens to improve the impact that care and support has by helping them to choose and control what type of social care services they get, when and where they get them and who provides them. In conjunction with this, the solutions will support the digital capability for health and social care professionals involved in the direct delivery of care – to be able to safely and securely access, update and share relevant information about the individual being cared for.
It will encourage the use of decision support tools and services to support frontline practice, self-management and shared decision making, whilst establishing and implementing the standards required to deliver interoperability and information sharing across different health and care systems.
The framework anticipated to be established at the conclusion of this exercise will be for a period of up to 48 months.
Scotland Excel, is procuring this framework for the use and benefit of its member Councils and associate members, together with the other bodies listed.
Scotland Excel associate members http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx
The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel.
Tenderers are advised that whether electronic ordering, invoicing and payment will be used or accepted is at the discretion of each Scotland Excel member Council or associate member which will be settled by them during the procedure for the call-off of a contract under this proposed framework agreement.
Subcontractors on whose capacity the tenderer does not rely: Scotland Excel will request the following information in the European Single
— what proportion/percentage of the contract does the tenderer intend to subcontract. Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely will be subject to the rules regarding Exclusion as set out immediately above.
In line with Clause 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure. Details of the situations