Provision of Network Services

Official notice

Authority: North of England Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England) (NHS & healthcare)

Goods

Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: North East (UKC)

Planned pipeline value£9,720,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 30 Oct 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) requires connectivity to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the Internet and NECS' data centres.

CPV: Networks

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) requires connectivity to the…Planned

NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) requires connectivity to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the Internet and NECS' data centres for 460+ North East GP practices and ICB corporate sites, NECS, NECS customer sites and the 170+ GP & ICB corporate sites of Derby & Derbyshire ICB (D&D). This is currently provided by two Community of Interest Networks that are centred on NECS' data centres. NECS is keen to explore alternative solutions that are suited to more modern ways of working and technologies. Additional information: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge. The documents and their content should not be reproduced or used for any other purposes.

Delivery: North East

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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Sept 2023, 14:10 BST
Last source update: 12 Sept 2023, 10:43 BST
Authority reference: Doc1601944407
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-026905
Classification (CPV): Networks
Delivery area: North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03f90f Find a Tender

Publisher note: NECS is publishing this PIN to invite suppliers to take part in a market engagement exercise. This is expected to be a multi-phase engagement process. This exercise is to inform NECS' design of its network infrastructure and its procurement route. NECS has made market engagement collateral available at the above-mentioned link, suppliers can find it by clicking the link, registering or logging in to the portal and navigating to: https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17307354 Suppliers are invited to submit a Market Engagement Questionnaire in accordance with the timelines set out in the collateral.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

12 Sept 2023 → 30 Oct 2023 · 2 dates

Notice published
12 Sept 2023, 10:43 BST
Tender notice expected
30 Oct 2023

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextCommunication · I.3	https://s1-eu.ariba.com	https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17307354

1 amendment published without a description.

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

North of England Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Durham, North EastContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.