Published date: 11 July 2023

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


Closing: 19 June 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£26,056,871

Procurement reference

NHSE823 East of England CHIS

Published date

11 July 2023

Closing date

19 June 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2033

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHSE East of England (the Contracting Authority) to commission Child Health Information Services (CHIS) for East of England.

The Provider was required to show that the healthcare premises comply with BS ISO/IEC 17799-2005 (Code of Practice for Information Security Management) and ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems - Requirements) for all systems used to provide IM&T Services unless otherwise agreed with the Contracting Authority.

This Contract Award Notice is related to Lot 1 East of England ONLY of the NHSE823 Child Health Information Services procurement.

The contract is for 6 years with the option to extend for 3 years subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

The start date of the contract is 01 February 2024.

The Open Procedure was followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102).

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authorities must consider:

(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and

(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".


Award information

Awarded date

19 June 2023

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2033

Total value of contract

£26,056,871

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

1A Howard Court
14 Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 1BW

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£26,056,871

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

John Snow House
Durham University Science Park
Durham
DH1 3YG
United Kingdom

Email

necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net