Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-15
Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 30121420 | 32412000 | 64000000 | 64216000 | 72412000: Electronic mail service providers
Submission deadline: 2020-06-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of digital hybrid mail including hybrid mail and digital mail solutions.
The duration of the framework agreement will be four (4) years at a maximum; three (3) years initial period with the option of extending for one (1) period of 12 months.
This is a single lot framework for digital hybrid mail. which will deliver value for money to the customer and enable them to achieve savings, operational process efficiencies and digital transformation efficiencies.
The hybrid mail solution provided under this framework must include as a minimum: but not be limited to:
• e-communication (allowing the communications between the client and its customers via secured website, portal, email or any other form of electronic communication).
Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI) The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. submission of expressions of interest and procurement information. This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows:
— click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier
— click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking buyer attachments in the SQ/ITT details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
You may access further information on the HealthTrust Europe GPO Model at this link: www.healthtrusteurope.com/group-purchasing
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Details are provided in the Eligibility Envelope.
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualifaction Questionnaire.
The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users:
(ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx);
(iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx);

Eligibility requirements: HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Details are provided in the Eligibility Envelope.