Published date: 10 August 2017

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package - 48480000

  • Business intelligence software package - 48482000

  • Database and operating software package - 48600000

    • Database systems - 48610000

    • Database software package - 48611000

    • Database-management system - 48612000

    • Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services - 72212460

    • Analytical or scientific software development services - 72212461

    • Database and operating software development services - 72212600

    • Database software development services - 72212610

    • World wide web (www) site operation host services - 72415000

    • Application service providers - 72416000

    • Internet or intranet client application development services - 72421000

    • Internet or intranet server application development services - 72422000

    • Computer-related services - 72500000

    • Memory expansion services - 72541100

    • Computer support and consultancy services - 72600000

    • Technical computer support services - 72611000

    • Computer back-up services - 72910000

Location of contract

North East, South East

Procurement reference

tender_151409/604053

Published date

10 August 2017

Closing date

23 February 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this notice is to inform the market operators of a Request for Information Exercise which the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is conducting in relation to the services described below.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is a key part of the NHS and we are responsible for processing £30bn of health and related expenditure across a diverse range of services. Since 2014 the NHSBA has operated a Data Analytics Learning Laboratory (DALL) for the NHSBSA and wider NHS customers.

The DALL consists of:

i. Database - Copy of production systems around the NHSBSA, external data sets and data sets controlled by Data Sharing Agreements (DSA).
ii. Visualisation - Application dashboards presenting both Advanced analytics and Management Information to internal NHSBSA staff.
iii. Reports - Providing reports to wider NHS/ Department of Health (DH)H for policy decisions.

The DALL's existing technology is an on-premise, Oracle Exadata and Exalytics solution purchased in 2013. In order to meet current and emerging business requirements, the NHSBSA's strategy is to transition the DALL to a fully cloud based solution in 2018. Therefore, through this Request for Information process we are seeking to understand the following:

• What cloud based solutions exist in the market place that could provide the DALL service - this is not restricted to Oracle only solutions.
• Knowledge of suppliers in the market
• Indicative timescales to transition from the current on-premise solution to a cloud based one
• Indicative costs of transition and on-going running costs
• Benefits of cloud based solutions which may include monetary savings, increased functionality, improved interoperability etc

The DALL service is primarily operated based in by staff in Stella House, Newcastle, together with and secondary office in Eastbourne. This is subject to growth and a different operating model as the service evolves the new cloud solution must be scalable as we grow.

Providing a high quality, efficient and accurate insight is paramount to us and we work closely with customers to ensure that the business knowledge and requirements are central to all analytics produced.
We are also looking to improve and enhance the user experience for delivery of analytics to the business. Currently analytics are delivered through static reports and some interactive R Shiny dashboards, running on the Exalytics server. We are looking to consolidate and refine this, including our ability to report effectively both internally and externally (wider NHS/DH).

More information

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Additional text

This is not a call for competition. The RFI is one of the NHSBSA's preliminary market consultation activities. Its purpose is to provide the market a broad indication of the potential future opportunity which the NHSBSA may offer and to receive feedback from the market to understand what Cloud based solutions can be provided to meet the business requirements for the DALL and as such inform the NHSBSA requirements and procurement strategy.

Interested parties are invited to express and interest in participating in the RFI by registering on the NHSBSA eSourcing portal (this is only required once) https://nhsbsa.bravosolution.co.uk. The RFI documents will be released on the eSourcing Portal on 24th August 2017 and RFI responses are required by the 12th September 2017. The NHSBSA will also be holding a supplier webex on the 25th August 2017 to run through our requirements and to allow interested parties to raise questions.

About the buyer

Contact name

NHSBSA Strategic Sourcing Team

Address

Stella House, Goldcrest Way
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
England

Email

steven.carr1@nhs.net

Website

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/