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Published 10 Jun 2021, 11:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Staff Passports - Appointment to the Health System Support Framework

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,250,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 28 Jun 2021
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The ambition now, as set out in the Secretary of State’s ‘Busting Bureaucracy’ and supported by the NHS Chief People Officer, the CEO of NHSX and the National Incident Response Board (NIRB), is to make digital staff passports available to all staff, for all staff movements as soon as practicable by: The requirement is to establish two service lines for digital staff passports to ensure a broad and open market for digital passport technologies.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The ambition now, as set out in the Secretary of State’s ‘Busting Bureaucracy’ and supported by the NHS Chief People Officer, the CEO of NHSX and the National Incident Response Board (NIRB), is to make digital staff passports available to all staff, for all staff movements as soon as practicable by:

  • extending the use of the Covid DSP to enable temporary staff movements, thereby replacing the need for honorary and secondment contracts for temporary staff movements;
  • developing and launching digital staff passports for permanent staff movements, starting with doctors in training.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The requirement is to establish two service lines for digital staff passports to…RenewalPublished value£1,250,000

The requirement is to establish two service lines for digital staff passports to ensure a broad and open market for digital passport technologies. The first ITTs for this new service will include the following:

  • designing and developing an alpha version of digital staff passports for permanent staff movements, starting with doctors in training;
  • extending the use of the Covid-19 digital staff passport to enable staff movements during the Covid pandemic for temporary staff movements.
Delivery: UK · UK
Extensions: Inline with the proposed Ts&CsVariant bids: not allowed

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
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the ITT document

  • Economic & financial standing

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    Minimum: Please refer to the ITT document
  • Technical & professional ability

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    Minimum: Please refer to the ITT document
What this means for your bid
  • “Digital Staff Passports - Appointment to the Health System Support…” 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Jun 2021, 11:08 BST
Last source update
10 Jun 2021, 11:08 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Jul 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013020
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba4d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to the ITT document

Publisher note: NHS England is utilising the electronic Atamis e-tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with potential suppliers and bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and all communications with NHS England including the submission of suppliers’ ITT submissions will be conducted via the Atamis following the link:https://health-family.force.com/s/WelcomeUser Guide: https://services.atamis.co.uk/docs/Supplier_User_Guide.pdf

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Appointment period ends
28 Jun 2021, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
9 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jun 2021 → 9 Jul 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    10 Jun 2021, 11:08 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Jun 2021, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    9 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeHealth Quarry House, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS2 7UEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.