Published date: 21 September 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 19 October 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • IT software package - 48517000

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

    • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

    • Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services - 72222000

    • System and support services - 72250000

    • Helpdesk and support services - 72253000

    • Computer support services - 72610000

    • Technical computer support services - 72611000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

tender_317388/1107435

Published date

21 September 2022

Closing date

19 October 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its upcoming requirement for an Enterprise IT Service Management Solution.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England and the West Midlands, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Good Hope Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and various Community Services.

The IT Department of University Hospitals Birmingham seek to engage a single supplier to provide an Enterprise IT Service Management Solution, inclusive of implementation consultancy services and a post implementation maintenance and support agreement.

UHB IT Services delivers IT Services to circa 27,000 service users and is forecast to transact over 200,000 support transaction this year. The estate comprises over 900 servers (physical and virtual) and 20,000 desktop and mobile computer devices spread over multiple locations. The IT Services department of University Hospitals Birmingham consist of circa. 450 members of staff delivering a wide variety of services via ITIL aligned processes and functions including but not limited to:

Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management, Request fulfilment, Application Management, Event Manage, Identity Management, Change Management, Asset & Configuration Management, Release & Deployment, Service Level Management, Service Catalogue Management, Supplier Management, Knowledge Management, Service Continuity Management, Information Security Management.

As part of an on-going IT Strategy to modernise IT Service Delivery and to support our ongoing service improvement agenda UHB seek to replace or update its current ITSM solution with view to enhancing and capitalising on latest technology and industry best practice capabilities.

The solution should address the requirements described in Annex 1 Feedback on Requirements.

Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice.

This exercise is intended to provide potential bidders with the opportunity to review the Authority's Briefing Document and to provide information regarding the services they can offer that could meet these outline requirements. This builds on the Authority's commitment to engage with the market, by sharing information and seeking input from the market to enable us to develop the final specification and determine the appropriate route to market in a fair and transparent manner.

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Additional text

Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Bravo Portal by 13:00 on 19th October 2022

Bravo ref: pqq__28701 - Enterprise IT Service Management Solution - Market Engagement

Direct link to response form:
https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/go/4080327701835F6E31BF

About the buyer

Address

Regent Court, George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

abdul.alim@uhb.nhs.uk