Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-09-16
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 32000000 | 72000000 | 72100000 | 72200000 | 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 48572354 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Équipements et appareils de radio, de télévision, de communication, de télécommunication et équipements connexes
The authority is procuring vehicle hardware for use in vehicles such as ambulances by service recipients, including the English Ambulance Trusts and potentially also other service recipients, such as the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Scottish Ambulance Service, if those bodies elect to participate in the procurement.
The principal objective of the procurement is to provide suitable vehicle hardware for use by service recipients in vehicles such as ambulances including to:
— support resilient mobile communications connectivity to/from the Vehicle for NMA and to support other applications being used by the service recipients.
— a ‘smart’ mobile router suitable for use in a vehicle, capable of connecting to multiple mobile communications bearers (including the ESN) and providing various capabilities, connectivity and interface ports to support NMA functionality;
— a ruggedised touch screen tablet device suitable for running the NMA application (with small and large screen options);
— associated hardware items such as antennas, wiring looms, connectors, external controls, audio microphones/loudspeakers, etc.
A ‘Mobile Device and Application Management’ (MDAM) solution to suit the Vehicle Hardware is also required. Phases: in order to achieve the above, the procurement includes the following delivery phases:
— design phase: delivering design workshops with the authority and Other ARP suppliers to develop and review the required designs, including the integrated vehicle hardware design, preferred vehicle installation documents, integrated end-to-end communications design, MDAM architecture design, hardware installation design and the service management design;
— build and test phase: delivering implementation, integration, testing and acceptance and training services in connection with the vehicle hardware and associated services;
— live service phase: supply of the Vehicle Hardware and MDAM and associated services (including hardware support, MDAM support, catalogue services, support desk services, technical support and preparation of related documentation); and
— future projects: adding (at the authority's discretion) any future projects into the scope of this procurement, as further detailed in Annex 4 of the key commercial principles. A key example is to allow for future hardware provision/modifications and/or integration work required in order to be able to support the ESN voice application, once details of this are established. Detailed information on the scope of the procurement is provided on the e-tendering portal referred to in section I.1) above.
The authority may extend the term of the Agreement for up to two (2) years (by way of one or more extension notices) by giving notice. The authority will have the option to place orders under the Agreement on behalf of service recipients, as detailed below and in the procurement documents. The authority will have the option to place orders on behalf of:
(f) the law enforcement organisations set out in the list located at URL: https://www.police.uk/forces/ or any replacement or successor URL; and
(g) the fire and rescue organisations set out in the list located at URL: http://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue -Services or any replacement or successor URL and any successor bodies thereto that perform any of the functions previously performed by any of the foregoing bodies.


Winner: Terrafix Ltd
Award value: 48572354
Number of bids: 2