Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
UK
Contact person: Garry Mitchell
Telephone: +447 786275627
E-mail: commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
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
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Digital Services For Integrated Care Suite of Frameworks
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48180000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short 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 16th June 2023 at 12:00 midday BST.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
975 800 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
48311000
48810000
72000000
72263000
72300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
England
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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 Contractual Framework 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 16th June 2023 at 12:00 midday BST.
II.2.14) Additional information
Useful links:<br/><br/>Home - NHS Transformation Directorate (https://transform.england.nhs.uk/)<br/><br/>NHS England » Digital Primary Care (https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/digital-primary-care/)<br/><br/>GP IT Futures systems and services - NHS Digital (https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp-it-futures-systems/)<br/><br/>Buying Catalogue (https://buyingcatalogue.digital.nhs.uk/)
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
14/08/2023
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
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 below and searching for Atamis Reference number C176863.<br/><br/>https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/06/2023