Published date: 11 June 2018

This notice was replaced on 20 September 2018

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Awarded contract (published 20 September 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

NHSCS Kent CCGs 004 / 18

Published date

11 June 2018

Closing date

25 June 2018

Contract start date

1 August 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Kent and Medway CCGs wish to procure communication support for the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Programme.

Over the last year, the NHS, social care and public health in Kent and Medway have been working together to plan how we will transform health and social care services to meet the changing needs of local people. This work is being progressed through the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) for Kent and Medway. The driving force behind this partnership is to set out and deliver positive changes to services that will ensure the residents of Kent and Medway have the right care available for decades to come.

Core to the model is the philosophy of health and care services working together to promote and support independence, utilising statutory, voluntary and where appropriate the independent sector to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Our transformation plan will bring a profound shift in where and how we deliver care. It builds on conversations held with local people about the care they want and need and has the patient at its heart.

The CCGs wish to build their internal communications and engagement capacity to support the work of the STP and provide a complete end-to-end overview of communications and engagement, working with and drawing on internal resources to manage the day to day elements of the process. This tender seeks consultancy assistance in accordance with the services described inAppendix A to the Invitation to Tender document.

The selected provider communications team will provide support until December 31 2018 and handover to an internal team once established. An option for an extension to 31 March 2018 may be available if required.

Full details are provided in the Invitation to Tender document and Appendix A - Project Background and Required information for Bidders. Please see the Attachments Section.

IMPORTANT
The CCGs / STP are being assisted by NHS Commercial Solutions in the procurement element of this tender.
The tender will be conducted via the NHS Commercial Solutions Bravo e tendering system. Bidders wishing to Express an Interest (EOI) in participating will be required to register on the Bravo system if they have not previously done so. This can be done at any time via this web link:
https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk
NHS Commercial Solutions is utilising the Bravo system to administer this Procurement and to communicate with potential Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential Bidders. All tender communications with the Authority and NHS Commercial Solutions will be conducted via the Bravo secure messaging service within the BravoSolution portal , the NHS Commercial Solutions eTendering system.
Full details on how to register on the Bravo system and access the tender documentation are given in the Additional Text in Section 5.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

IMPORTANT

The Authority is being assisted by NHS Commercial Solutions in the procurement element of this tender.

The tender will be conducted via the NHS Commercial Solutions Bravo e tendering system. Bidders wishing to Express an Interest (EOI) in participating will be required to register on the Bravo system if they have not previously done so. This can be done at any time via this web link:

https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

NHS Commercial Solutions is utilising the Bravo system to administer this Procurement and to communicate with potential Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential Bidders. All tender communications with the Authority and NHS Commercial Solutions will be conducted via the Bravo secure messaging service within the portal hosted by BravoSolution, the managed service provider for the NHS Commercial Solutions eTendering system.
It is free to register on the portal, and it can be accessed at any time of day. Should Bidders have any queries, or if Bidders are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the BravoSolution dedicated Supplier Support, available from the Bravo Help desk:
Phone: 0800 368 4850 ( Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm )
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

The Bravo Project number for this tender is Project 2844.
The Bravo Invitation To Tender number is itt_2861

About the buyer

Contact name

Jeff Scott

Address

NHS Commercial Solutions on behalf of the Kent CCGs
Curtis Road
Dorking
RH4 1XA
England

Email

jeff.scott1@nhs.net