The Provision of ICT Services for Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

PE27 4LG

Value of contract

£250,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_185328/710118

Published date

24 September 2018

Closing date

25 October 2018

Contract start date

12 April 2019

Contract end date

12 April 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, working in collaboration with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust ("the Trusts") are seeking to establish a Framework Agreement through the Competitive Dialogue Process with the intent to award the Framework Agreement to a single provider for ICT Services for use by UK public sector bodies which include NHS bodies and Local Authorities.

The Trusts have a need for an ICT Services Framework Agreement which can deliver a range of services through a single provider as outlined below:

- ICT Services Design and Management
- Transition and Migration Services
- Network Infrastructure Services
- Application and Data Management
- End User Compute Services
- Customer Support

In addition to the creation of the framework Agreement the Trusts will seek to undertake individual call off contracts using the same process.

The framework is intended to be available for a number of public sector entities across England.


Through this procurement process the Trusts will seek to establish a Single Provider Framework Agreement for the provision of ICT Services identifying an ICT Services Provider able to provide the following*:

a. An ability to deliver a core ICT service along the following Service Lines as indicated below:

- ICT Services Design and Management
- Network Infrastructure Services
- Transition and Migration Services
- Application and Data management
- End User Compute Services
- Customer Support & Service Management

Plus

b. The capability to support

- Trust project management and project delivery
- Trust technical strategy planning
- Innovation and flexibility in the delivery of the Services

*List of services is not finalised or exclusive and is subject to refinement through the course of the procurement process.

The Tender is being run on the Bravo Solutions Portal, https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk. Any questions or communications associated with this tender are to be submitted via the portal.

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More information

Additional text

It is intended that in parallel whilst establishing this framework, the two partner trusts are likely to call off from this framework as soon as it is live. The intended values for Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is likely to be in the region of £12.5m over the duration of the term, including any extensions and for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be in the region of £12.5m over the duration of the term, including any extensions.

In respect of the OJEU value as stated in this notice, this is based on the full life expectancy of the framework in the event a number of other public sector organisations intend to use this framework, and is not a guarantee of business.

The following Contracting Authorities (including any future successor organisation(s) to the functions exercised by any such organisations) are entitled to place Call-Off Contracts:
- Members of the North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Plan http://www.candi.nhs.uk/about-us/north-central-london-sustainability-and-transformation-plan
- The National Health Service Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) and all bodies hosted by The National Health Service Commissioning Board; http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx and any other Health Service Body as defined at section 9 National Health Service Act 2006, including but not limited to any:
(i) Clinical Commissioning Group; http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx
(ii) NHS Trust; http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx
(iii) Special Health Authority; http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
(iv) The Care Quality Commission; www.cqc.org.uk
(v) National Institute for Health Care Excellence, known as NICE; https://www.nice.org.uk/
(vi) NHS Digital (The Health and Social Care Information Centre); https://digital.nhs.uk/
(vii) The Secretary of State; https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-health
- NHS Foundation Trusts https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trust-directory/nhs-foundation-trust-directory
- Academic Health Science Networks; https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/part-rel/ahsn/
- NHS Improvement; https://improvement.nhs.uk/
- Health Education England including Local Education and Training Boards (LETB) constituted as committees of Health Education England; https://hee.nhs.uk/
- The Department of Health; https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
- all Local Authorities, as defined under section 1 the Local Government Act 2000 including Health and Well Being Boards established by any Local Authority; and https://www.lgbce.org.uk/records-and-resources/local-authorities-in-england

Further information about the structure and approach of this procurement can be found in the procurement documentation via the portal.

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About the buyer

Address

3, The Meadow, Meadow Ln
Cambridgeshire, Saint Ives
PE27 4LG
England

Telephone

+44 02075588875

Email

tenders.ccsprocurement@nhs.net