Published date: 23 March 2023

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: 18 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Bespoke printed matter - 22458000

  • Electronic information services - 64216200

  • Printing and distribution services - 79824000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£123,100,000

Procurement reference

CF-1312700D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

23 March 2023

Closing date

18 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2028

Contract type

Supply 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is for the provision of the framework agreement for the NHSBSA and wider health family to provide secure forms, non secure forms, personalised printed products, NHS Cards, Health Insurance Cards.
The current requirement is to provide an agreement to produce and distribute personalised cards and/or paper certificates and/or digital exemptions and/or documentation for:

- Medical Exemption (Medex)
- Tax Credits (TC)
- European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
- Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC)
- NHS Pension payroll information
- Covid Pass

To provide an online ordering portal and customer contact centre with catalogues to order secure and non secure forms:

The Secure catalogue consists of prescription forms used in England and Wales and can either be personalised pads or non-personalised single sheets.

The Non-Secure catalogue consists of national products used across the NHS; these range from dental record cards to specialist neonatal screening cards, multipart patient record and information packs. In addition, the Help with Health Costs catalogue consists of a number of leaflets, posters and application forms which enable certain patients to receive financial assistance with elements of their healthcare.

Interested parties must register an interest and access the procurement documents via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (search opportunities using system reference C76509). Follow the instructions to register an interest and once registered, Suppliers will be able to view and access the full Tender documentation.

The initial contract period will be 01/07/2024 - 30/06/2028 with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The initial contract period start date is when operational services will commence. This does not include the implementation period which is anticipated to commence in September 2023.

About the buyer

Contact name

NHSBSA Commercial Services

Address

Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
GB

Email

nhsbsa.commercialservicesteam@nhs.net