Published date: 24 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.
Contract summary
Industry
Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£0 to £2,220,000
Procurement reference
C144848
Published date
24 March 2023
Closing date
26 April 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
20 June 2023
Contract end date
19 June 2026
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?
No
Description
NHS England (South West Region) is procuring a Primary Care Laboratory ("the Lab"), within the South West region of NHS England. The Lab forms part of a wider Primary Care Digital Experience programme which aims "to transform the human experience of primary care processes, using digital technology and data", seeking to improve the staff and citizen experience of primary care, by testing solutions to the problems identified by the primary care workforce and citizens who interact with primary care. The Lab will be a physical space in which digital technology and digitally-enabled processes in General Practice (GP), Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and wider primary care services, such as dental practices, can be physically tested and piloted, without an impact on the already time and resource pressured primary care workforce. The Lab includes the configuration of a flexible and adaptable yet dedicated space, the provision of IT and 'office' hardware, and established IT software (Windows, Chrome/Edge), and resources (physical, technical and human) to develop, test, refine, optimise and evaluate digital solutions. For the purposes of this project, 'flexible and adaptable space' means a building or area within a building allocated and protected specifically for this project, that can be reconfigured easily using various tools and props to provide different types of 'rooms' that simulate General Practice and wider primary care services. The Lab will form a 'sandbox' environment, in the South West region, in which tacit knowledge from both existing pockets of excellence and digital technology testing will create lessons learnt for best practice techniques of moving innovations into the primary care space. There is potential for more than one space in the South West region with a maximum of three partner organisations (suppliers) supplying a maximum of three labs. The Primary Care Laboratory will be hosted by the partner organisation (supplier) who will manage the physical infrastructure, and services to run and maintain the infrastructure. The intention is to award the contract early June 2023, with the Laboratory(s) operational by early autumn 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt the maximum value of this procurement will be £1,850,000 exc. VAT or £2,220,000 inc. VAT
More information
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Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
About the buyer
Contact name
Garry Mitchell
Address
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
United Kingdom
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Closing: 26 April 2023, 12pm