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Published 1 Jun 2023, 16:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Services For Integrated Care Suite of Frameworks

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

Framework agreementGoods
Planned pipeline value£975,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Aug 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise the market of forthcoming opportunities from NHS England’s Digital Services for Integrated Care Programme, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care for the provision of foundation Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solutions and associated capabilities, for primary care IT.<br/><br/>These solutions will be reflective of healthcare professionals’ needs, as shared with NHS England through detailed research and user engagement. They will augment those solutions in development or already assured for marketing on the Digital Care Services Catalogue via two other active Frameworks: the Tech Innovation Framework and the Digital First Online Consultation and Video Consultation Framework and the former GP IT Futures Framework.<br/><br/>The Programme proposes to introduce additional standards and solution capability requirements in order to deliver the proposed opportunities; and will engage the market on its proposal, along with details of how solutions could be assured, procured and consumed.<br/><br/>Interested parties are asked to complete the Expression of Interest (EoI) that can be found via the Supplier Documents in Atamis. The Authority intends to respond to EoIs according to the level of interest in market engagement, and the quality and content of the EoI submission. Expression of Interest will close on Friday 16 June 2023 at 12pm BST.

CPV: Data services · Document management software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information systems · Medical software package · Software implementation services · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The services provided under the new Digital Services for Integrated Care suite of…Planned

The services provided under the new Digital Services for Integrated Care suite of Frameworks will cover the following:<br/><br/>

  • Provision of applications to meet the business requirements of General Practice and broader Primary Care which includes:<br/><br/>o Patient Record Systems for multi-disciplinary settings <br/>o GP Systems: designed around the operation of a typical general practice and a Detained Estate setting<br/>o Digital Services: integrating into the clinical desktop, such as document management, clinical decision support, e-Consultation, voice recognition, mobile solutions <br/>o Enhanced Triage: Digital Pathways: presenting an online consultation capability to a patient, enabling them to make appointments, submit information or undertake scheduled interactions with practice services, linking to capabilities such as referral management, clinical decision support, video, telehealth; and cross-organisational workflow, task management and appointment booking.<br/>o Digital Support Services: supporting integrated service delivery and access to clinical information, and Core electronic record and patient management systems for general practice<br/>o Patient Facing Services: which are referred or dispensed as part of the Primary Care chain of care.<br/>o Community Pharmacy Consultation Services<br/>o Digital Vaccination Services<br/><br/>Call off contracts awarded through the frameworks will provide services to:<br/><br/>
  • GPs, GP federations and networks, primary care homes, multi-speciality community providers, other integrated care organisations, integrated care systems and other purchases of primary care-based systems.<br/><br/>Interested parties are invited to complete the Expression of Interest (EoI) Form which is available on Atamis. Expression of Interest will close on Friday 16 June 2023 at 12pm BST. Additional information: Useful links:<br/><br/>Home - NHS Transformation Directorate (transform.england.nhs.uk ↗)<br/><br/>NHS England » Digital Primary Care (www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/di… ↗)<br/><br/>GP IT Futures systems and services - NHS Digital (digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-it-futur… ↗)<br/><br/>Buying Catalogue (buyingcatalogue.digital.nhs.uk ↗)
Delivery: UK · England

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Digital Services For Integrated Care Suite of Frameworks” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Jun 2023, 16:50 BST
Last source update
1 Jun 2023, 16:50 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015618
Classification (CPV)
Data servicesDocument management software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportInformation systemsMedical software packageSoftware implementation servicesSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d317 Find a Tender

Publisher note: NHS England wishes to engage with potential suppliers to review, raise questions against and provide feedback on the programme approach to:<br/><br/>• Market development <br/>• New requirements model for catalogue expansion; including output-based capabilities and standards Catalogue expansion.<br/>• Solutions for wider primary care settings<br/>• Pricing, charging and funding approaches<br/>• Technology strategy.<br/><br/>Interested organisations are requested to express their interest in the services by visiting the Atamis e-procurement portal linked to above and searching for Atamis Reference number C176863.<br/><br/>Once registered on Atamis, organisations will be directed to published material both on Atamis and an external Confluence site.<br/><br/>This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.<br/><br/>Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Appointment period ends
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Timeline

1 Jun 2023 → 14 Aug 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    1 Jun 2023, 16:50 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    14 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, UK, LS2 7UEContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.