Published date: 3 June 2024

Last edited date: 3 June 2024

This notice was replaced on 3 June 2024

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Opportunity (published 5 November 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

LS1 4AP

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

CF-2403300D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

3 June 2024

Closing date

3 July 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of conducting this RFP is for an expert supplier to create meaningful, evidence based technical guidance that can be used and applied across the NHS in a consistent way. The intention is not to create mandatory policy or standards.

The supplier must produce a report for the Future Connectivity programme that provides evidence-based recommendations on which connectivity solutions provide the best connectivity for remote health care workers.

The target audience of the report is Integrated Care System (ICS) or NHS Trust Chief Information Officers (CIO) and their Network Managers & Service Managers, as they will be responsible for defining, supporting, and delivering ICS IT strategies across the NHS Trusts and ICS Partner organisations. The target audience also includes any other NHS roles responsible for:
• Connectivity technology selection decision making;
• Business case definition for connectivity investment;
• Budget allocation;
• Service commissioning.

We are primarily interested in solutions that can improve connectivity available in poor coverage and indoor settings, and which devices can support these, so that remote health care workers can access and update records and data in support of their work to deliver efficient and appropriate care to patients and service users.

The report must provide tested, evidenced, and comparative outputs to investigate if there is a best available solution, or combination of solutions, for different coverage scenarios. These outputs should support a reader to understand how each performs against the others in different coverage scenarios and determine if there are discernibly better connectivity option for their needs than others.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

FC CH expert partners - Community Health Staff Coverage RFP

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 June 2024

Attachments

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

NHSD Commercial

Address

7 & 8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
GB

Email

nhsdcommercial@nhs.net