CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This ITT has been issued by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Its purpose is to invite tenders from suitably experienced and qualified supplier(s) of digital technology development and application solutions.

The services sourced under this agreement will directly support the Trust's mHabitat (Mobile Health) Team in improving health, care and other public services; specifically through the use of technology/digital innovation.

This process will establish a framework agreement in accordance with the Specification(s) within the attached documents, and in line with NHS Framework terms and conditions of contract.

The framework shall have a term of up to 4 years, (initial term of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods).

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

The Trust operates an electronic ordering, invoice and payment system in support of our use and protection of public funds and to order/pay for goods, works and services sourced via all contracts.

If you are successfully appointed as a provider/supplier to the Trust you will need to register with Tradeshift at the following link in order to issue your electronic invoices: — http://tradeshift.com/supplier/nhs-sbs/

For Tradeshift general enquires please contact: Tel: +44 (0)207 592 1200 e-mail: Tradeshift@brands2life.com

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

— All successfully appointed suppliers will be contracted under NHS Framework Terms and Conditions

— Suppliers appointed to this Framework may be required to act as lead supplier within projects, at the request and discretion of the Trust.

— The Trust reserves the right to maintain the minimum number of suppliers per Lot, should suppliers step back from the framework agreement due to unforeseen circumstances or performance (subject to applicable notice periods).

— All suppliers appointed to provide services under this framework are to be self-certified against the Department of Health's ‘Information Governance Toolkit’.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

— Suppliers must be a registered entity for tax purposes.

— PAS 277:2015 Code Of Practice For Wellness Apps.

— IG Toolkit Compliant — www.igt.hscic.gov.uk

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

LYP 01238

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6

Based on the predicted work-flow, and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require a number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements, as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within health, care and social environments.

Within this lot, we require contractors who specialise in web design and development. Requirements will range from responsive websites with relatively static content and basic interactivity; through to completely interactive clinical web services that may store patient data.

We will also require contractors who can provide the ‘whole build’ process, from the initial scoping work and prototyping; through to user testing, building and deployment. This may also include individual elements of this process being delivered as separate projects.

Importantly, providers will have a demonstrable commitment to user-centred methods of design and a collaborative approach to development.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Experience of working in a non-commercial environment.

— Demonstrable evidence and commitment to development, using open source technology.

— Experience of developing responsive websites.

— Evidence of and commitment towards a user centred approach to design and development.

— Understanding of and commitment towards supporting mhabitat's objectives and Digital Principles.

— IG Toolkit Compliant — www.igt.hscic.gov.uk

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6.

Based on the predicted work-flow and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology; we require a number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements, as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments. We require mobile application developers with experience of developing and deploying native and web based applications across multiple platforms; specifically for IOS, Android and Windows operating systems.

Providers will have proven experience in all aspects of application development; from undertaking initial scoping and exploratory work, to producing basic functional prototypes and design specifications and user testing. You must also have the knowledge and resources to carry out the full end-to-end process (including build and deployment) as required.

Experience in the area of gamification may also be required.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Experience of working in non-commercial environments.

— Commitment to development using open source technology.

— Evidence of and commitment towards a user centred approach to design and development.

— Understanding of and commitment towards mhabitat's objectives and Digital Principles.

— Commitment to meeting the standards set out by the British Standards Institution: — please reference the 2015 document ‘PAS 277 Health and wellness apps Quality criteria across the life-cycle Code of practice’.

— IG Toolkit Compliant — www.igt.hscic.gov.uk

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6.

Based on the predicted work-flow and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require a number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a healthcare environment.

We require mobile application developers with specific experience of developing and deploying applications that are classified as ‘Medical Devices’ by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Build requirements will include native applications across multiple platforms (specifically for IOS, Android and Windows operating systems) that will provide a full mobile application build process; from the initial scoping work, through to building and deployment.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Experience and understand of MHRA qualification and classification.

— Experience and understanding of the CE (European Conformity) marking process for mobile applications classed as medical devices.

— Demonstrable commitment to development using open source technology.

— Experience of working with Healthcare Services.

— Commitment to development using open source technology where appropriate.

— Evidence of and commitment towards a user centred approach to design and development.

— Understanding of and commitment towards mhabitat's Digital Principles.

— Commitment to meeting the standards set out by the British Standards Institution: — please reference the 2015 document ‘PAS 277 Health and wellness apps Quality criteria across the life-cycle Code of practice’.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6.

Based on the predicted work-flow, and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require the listed number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments. The mHabitat team is involved in a variety of different health and care focussed digital projects that require the conveyance of key messages through the use of multimedia.

We require a range of skills to support our projects through the provision of multimedia content for on-line consumption. This will include the use of new web developments and existing web platforms, and the provision of workshops and events in a visually appealing and engaging manner.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Experience of illustration within video production and animation.

— Experience of developing brand guidelines, logos, infographics and icons.

— Experience of working with vulnerable groups and within the non-commercial environment.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6

Based on the predicted work-flow, and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require the listed number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments. The mHabitat team is involved in a variety of different healthcare focussed digital projects that require the conveyance of key messages through the use of multimedia.

We require a range of skills to support our projects through the provision of multimedia content for online consumption. This will include the use of new web developments and existing web platforms, and the provision of workshops and events in a visually appealing and engaging manner.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— We require experienced producers of animation to convey promotional and informative messages through web based channels to a variety of different audiences.

— Experience of working in non-commercial environments.

— We require providers with experience of producing video for both promotional and information purposes, from the initial exploratory phase through to storyboarding, filming and editing.

— Experience of producing video for online consumption is essential.

— Experience of working with vulnerable groups and within the healthcare sector.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 12

Based on the predicted work-flow and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require the listed number of providers to work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments. During the management of the diverse range of projects that form part of the mHabitat Programme, we require input, advice and expertise from professionals to support delivery.

The requirements of this lot are varied and highly dependent on the nature and theme of individual projects. Consequently mHabitat are looking for a range of providers who can support their work with relevant knowledge and experience.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Service Support may take the form of (but is not limited to) any element of the following:

— Supporting strategic development,

— Facilitating workshops and managing projects,

— Service design,

— Workshop and ‘hack day’ facilitators specialising in participant-led methodologies,

— Digital project managers,

— Digital inclusion facilitators,

— Data analysts,

— ‘Big data’ experts,

— Gamification,

— Mobile Application Designers,

— Web Service Designers.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 3-6

Based on the predicted workflow and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require a listed number of providers who can work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments.

We require providers of evaluation and research services to support our work by undertaking the analysis and interpretation of data and evidence. This may take the form of clinical outcomes, existing clinical processes, service user engagement, and use/impact of technology.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Individuals to be Masters/PHD — or equivalent demonstrable experience.

— Evidence of research /published research.

— Knowledge and experience of qualitative or quantitative skills and methodologies.

— Economic evaluation skills.

— I.T. literate.

— Experience of research in a complex health, care and social environment.

— Experience of carrying out literature and systematic reviews.

— Accessible writing style.

— Ability to respond to specialist research projects.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Minimum number of providers required: 6

Based on the predicted work-flow and in line with Government guidelines focussing on agile methodology, we require a listed number of providers who can work flexibly to meet our requirements as dictated by the diverse nature of a digital workload within a health, care and social environments. We require providers to support our work through both direct management of client projects; and indirectly through advisory services. This may range from the end to end process, developing project plans and resource mapping; through to individual project stages and workstreams.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

— Demonstrable knowledge and experience (e.g. APM, Prince 2, etc.).

— Evidence of project management within the development and Application of digital technology.

— Project Management within health, care, social and public sector environments.

— Experience of working within non-commercial environments to deliver client projects.

— High level of IT literacy.

— Partnership working.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots