Published date: 17 August 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 2 September 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Video conferencing software package - 48515000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

tender_247708/878654

Published date

17 August 2020

Closing date

2 September 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has a requirement to procure a Trust-wide video consultation solution. This will allow clinicians to conduct all or part of their clinic via video, reducing the number of physical outpatient appointments.

The Trust wishes to achieve numerous benefits across a broad range of functionality. However, the priorities lie in reducing the number of face-to-face appointments, improving patient experience and allowing clinicians to work remotely.

The Trust wishes to engage with suppliers interested in this requirement.

The Trust has prepared an outline specification of objectives and a set of outline requirements and requests that interested suppliers provide indication of how they would envisage fulfilling these requirements.

The purpose of this exercise is to allow the Trust to assess the capabilities of the market and to refine its specification and approach to the procurement of this requirement.

The response questionnaire and outline requirements documentation can be accessed via the Bravo procurement portal - please refer to the additional information section for further instructions.

More information

Links

Additional text

Suppliers wishing to respond participate in this pre-market engagement exercise should respond to questionnaire via the online form on the Bravo Portal by 13:00 on Wednesday 2nd September 2020.

https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk

Bravo reference of online form: ppq__28608 "Trust-Wide Video Consultation Solution (PIN)"

How to register:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal:

https://nhs.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 username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please
keep this secure);

2. Express an Interest and respond to PIN Questionnaire - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Browse the PQQs (there may be more than one page) and select 'pqq_28608' by clicking on it. - 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 on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online 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 online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

*Please note* this is purely a market engagement exercise and any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organizations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published. Please note that THIS IS NOT A PQQ and does not represent the commencement of the procurement process, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate with interested parties as part of the market engagement

About the buyer

Address

Procurement, Regent Court, George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Email

ian.smit@uhb.nhs.uk