Published date: 23 October 2016

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: 5 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Interconnection services - 64221000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BIP221411045

Published date

23 October 2016

Closing date

5 December 2016

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2020

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?

No

Description

NHS Digital has been tasked with delivering a Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) programme which will provide a new and significantly different networking arrangements for health and social care as part of its remit to provide successor services to the current NHS N3 network on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. The HSCN will replace the current single-supplier N3 network with disaggregated and competitive multi-supplier marketplace for network services. The HSCN will create the effect of a single network across Heath and Social Care providers and their partners. The HSCN Peering Exchange Services will be a key supply chain component and will facilitate independent network interconnection between the disaggregated HSCN network service providers. The HSCN Peering Exchange Services may subsequently be procured by wider public bodies as described in section VI.3 below.

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About the buyer

Address

C/O 1 Trevelyan Square
Boar Lane
Leeds
LS1 6AE
UK

Email

hscnproc@nhs.net