Published date: 23 January 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 September 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£25,000,000

Procurement reference

NHSE/CHIS/WM/2015 (Bravo Reference Project 262 - ITT 270)/2

Published date

23 January 2017

Closing date

15 September 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (NHS Arden & GEMCSU) on behalf of NHS England West & North Midlands (the Commissioner) is inviting tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the service provision Child Health Information Service (CHIS).

NHS England - West and North Midlands is responsible for commissioning Section 7a public health services for the 5.7 million people registered in Arden (Coventry, Warwickshire), Birmingham, Black Country (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton), Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The scope of this tender is to procure a single provider for Child Health Information Services for this population.

Anticipated timeline milestones are:
1. Contract award - End October 2015
2. Service commencement date - 1st April 2016

The aim of the CHIS is to ensure that each child in has an active care record, supporting delivery of, as a minimum, screening, immunisation and the Healthy Child Programme services. The primary purpose of the CHIS is to manage data and statistical information which supports the provision of public health services to children and young people aged 0-19 including: Health Visiting, School Nursing/5-19 Healthy Child
Programme services, Looked After Children (LAC), immunisation teams and primary care.

This includes recording notifications of new births and babies moving into the area,requesting records, updating the child health information system with movements in and out, managing school health records, public health intelligence support and record transfers. The CHIS plays a critical role in the local delivery of the national antenatal and newborn screening and immunisation programmes and in the collection, reporting and distribution of other child health data and information in a timely and efficient manner

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Child Health Information Service (CHIS) for NHS England West & North Midlands

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 July 2015

Additional text

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction. The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations').
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services. These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the
eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register- Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details -Note the user-name you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2.
Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the user-name/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification
Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page.
(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer
and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk

Award information

Awarded date

7 March 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters, 3 Priestley Wharf, Aston Science Park, Birmingham, B7 4BN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Surinder Kahlon

Address

Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
England

Email

surinder.kahlon@ardengemcsu.nhs.uk