Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: DCD@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public procurement
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
RM6345 Digital Capability for Health 2
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for
the provision of application development and management services relating to public
health and social care.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digital Capability for Health 2 is the next iteration of RM6221 Digital Capability for Health and will continue to provide application development and management service for public health and social care programmes. The intention is to run the framework agreement procurement under PCR 2015. The Supplier must work according to set standards, to be included in the specifications and made available as part of ITT publication.
Single lot to include services in the following 5 areas:
● development and operations (DevOps) – for ongoing minor improvements of
live services
● digital definition services – creating and progressing the project through
discovery and alpha phases
● build and transition services – building the services using beta and live phases
● end-to-end development services – designing and developing the services
from discovery to live phases
● data management (and similar) services – for performing data collection, data
processing and analysis and management of data and services
Lot 1 of RM6345 DCFH 2 will provide customers with access to suppliers who will deliver programmes using an agile approach to development services for new digital solutions, support with existing products and services and data management services (for the collection, processing and distribution of health data)
RM6345 Digital Capability for Health 2 (“DCfH 2”) is a replacement agreement for RM6221 Digital Capability for Health, which expires on 17th January 2025. Customers will be able to use DCfH 2 to procure Digital, Data and Technology (“DDaT”) resources to support delivery of digital transformation requirements in the health and social care sectors. This includes development of new digital solutions, and maintenance of existing products and services.
II.2.14) Additional information
Proposed framework agreement term of 3 years with an allowable 1 year extension, to be confirmed as part of ITT publication.
Please note that the Contract start and end dates are indicative and only an estimate.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
15/05/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence procurement for RM6345 Digital Capability for Health 2. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 48 months. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming
Crown for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. To note, this agreement is a replacement for RM6221 Digital Capability for Health only. Market engagement for the RM1043.8 Digital Outcomes 6 and RM6263 Digital Specialists and Programmes will commence in quarter 1 2024.
‘A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f29ed8fa-38cc-4794-bdf9-0c20ffac88fc
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2024