Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-18
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 32410000 | 32420000 | 32430000 | 32500000
Estimated value: 700000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-12-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The NHS is moving towards a more integrated model of care delivery through Integrated Care Systems (ICS). The Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) was established to provide a mechanism for ICS and other health and social care organisations to access the support and services they need to transform how they deliver care. It focuses on specialist solutions that enable the digitisation of services and the use of data to drive proactive population heath management approaches across Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and integrated provider teams. NHS England are looking to re-procure some of the services within the Health Systems Support Framework to allow for updates to its scope and to give new suppliers an opportunity to bid. Further details, including a description of the services, is provided in the ITT documents available at the address above and Section V1: complementary information of this notice.
Bidders, in addition, will be appointed to the Framework Lot in respect of all deliverables falling within the lot to which they are appointed. As such, bidders may be awarded a framework agreement covering:
Lot 0 provides a mechanism for suppliers of innovative solutions within the scope of the framework agreement to bid to provide their innovation through the HSSF. Innovations must address a health and/or social care challenge within one of the framework agreement service lines as follows and as further described in the ITT:
Informatics, analytics and digital tools for population health, business and clinical intelligence, including:
It is expected that the services within the scope of the HSSF will be refreshed regularly. Each refresh will be the subject of a new contract notice published in OJEU allowing new organisations to bid for a place on the HSSF from the refresh date.
The main framework covers a number of service categories and service lines set out below. Each heading below represents a Service category and within that heading relevant service lines. A full description of all service lines is provided within the ITT documents:
Informatics, analytics and digital tools for population health, business and clinical intelligence, including:
It is expected that the services within the scope of the HSSF will be refreshed regularly. Each refresh will be the subject of a new contract notice published in OJEU allowing new organisations to bid for a place on the HSSF from the refresh date.
The framework agreement covers a number of service categories and service lines set out below. Each heading below represents a service category and within that heading relevant service lines. A full description of all service lines is provided within the ITT documents.
Any supplier awarded a place on either Lot 0 or the main Framework Lot for any of the service lines listed below will also be placed on the Framework Lot with regards to those service lines to which they have been accredited. The Framework Lot is not open to separate bids. Places on the Framework Lot will be achieved by successfully bidding for a place on Lot 0 or the Main Framework Lot.
Informatics, analytics and digital tools for Population Health, Business and Clinical Intelligence, including:
The Framework Lot will be renewed in line with the refresh of Lot 0 and/or the Main Framework Lot in respect of any service lines within the scope of the HSSF.
It is expected that services within the scope of the HSSF will be refreshed regularly. Those services within the scope of the HSSF which are not within the scope of this current call for competition are expected to be competed during 2020.
1) NHS England as a contracting authority established the Health Systems Support Framework during 2018. The HSSF acts as an umbrella arrangement for all framework agreements established for services within the scope of the HSSF and indicated as being part of the HSSF arrangements;

Eligibility requirements: See ITT documentation for further information.

Award value: 700000000