Published date: 28 January 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£125,000 to £187,000

Procurement reference

KENTNHS001-DN520582-57876013

Published date

28 January 2021

Closing date

11 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Not applicable

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?

No

Description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks expression of interest (EOI) from suitable suppliers to provide services for the provision and support for a NHS Community Dental services cloud based practice management platform. This will be a replacement for the outdated and current SOEL Health practice management application. This platform will support our service in the delivery of special care and paediatric dental services.
Suppliers will be required to lead on mobilisation and transition from the current platform to the new solution and provide a comprehensive training environment for all Dental services staff at clinical and administrative locations. The Trust will support project management for the migration of the new platform. Implementation programme must be completed before 1.4.2022.
The new application will be a pan service replacement required at approximately 20 premises across Kent and North East London together with mobile services and directly impact some 200 staff. It is envisaged that the quantity and locations and staff numbers will vary over the next 12 months to five years. The platform is required Monday to Friday 0700Hrs to 1800Hrs with the ability to support extended hour and day sessions in accordance with commissioned service provision. The period of contract will be 3 years plus a potential extension period of 24 months, in tranches of 12 months.
The core functional requirements for the Practice Management System and support package will fall into two distinct categories, Essential - Pass/fail criteria and Desirable requirements - yes/no (with comment allowed) criteria. These will be categorised under security and technical requirements, system administration, system functions and features and reporting requirements. All potential bidders MUST review the pass/fail criteria questions which are available on the Trust's website, direct link: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/finance/procurement-and-tender-opportunities and will require you to assess whether your product offers a yes/no response. A "yes" will result in a "pass", and "No" will result in a "Fail". Please do not proceed to express your interest in this opportunity if you have any fail results. This is a pre-assessment and KCHFT will not require you to provide the results at this EOI stage, but will form part of your submission/evidence should you be invited to tender - all responses must be a pass. Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Procontract procurement portal (Proactis) under Opportunity number DN520582. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email address will be disregarded. Please log-in via following link to EOI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI. https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

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About the buyer

Contact name

Janette Jessup

Address

110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1233667840

Email

janette.jessup@nhs.net

Website

https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/finance/procurement-and-tender-opportunities