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Radio communication replacement

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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31 Aug 2021 at 16:12

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which is seeking a replacement for its trust-wide emergency speech bleep system, crucial for supporting emergency response teams across its main hospital campuses in London. The tender, titled "Radio communication replacement," is currently in the award stage, having been formally awarded on 31 August 2021. The financial value of the contract is £507,486, and it commenced on 23 August 2021 with a contract period extending until 22 August 2028. The purchasing approach is a selective method through a call-off from a framework agreement, specifically within the small-scale radio systems services industry category.

This opportunity is particularly suited for businesses involved in telecommunications and emergency response communication systems, especially those with experience in public sector contracting and the NHS. Companies that offer innovative technologies that ensure stable real-time communications and resilience may find compelling reasons to participate. Additionally, firms capable of providing robust support solutions and who can demonstrate a successful track record with NHS clients would be well-placed to compete for this critical contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Radio communication replacement

Notice Description

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation trust require a replacement for the trust wide emergency speech bleep system. This system is a critical communication system providing vital time sensitive emergency response to one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK. The replacement system MUST provide: 1. Stable real time communications to support the trusts emergency response teams 2. Communication across the two campus hospital sites. 3. 100% site coverage at the two main hospital sites and grounds. (Guys Hospital cam-pus, St Thomas' hospital campus) 4. Full resilience with no single point of failure 5. 100% service uptime 6. 24*7 support - See Appendix B for more Details 7. Full self-contained operation without reliance on external systems. E.g. the GSTT IT network. (the system can use the GSTT Network for monitoring and administration) 8. Critical spare components to be available on site and functionality validated annually. 9. A central management platform with service owners able to create, amend or delete teams and add devices and holders at both sites from either site. 10. A system capable of producing required reports daily, weekly, monthly and ad-hoc. 11. A support solution with a full service wrap with monthly service reviews. These monthly reviews to include incident reporting, usage stats, quality of service, capacity planning - AOB. System Specifications: Approximately 200 devices configured across 30 groups with some devices configured in multiple groups with all users based on the 2 main hospital campus' The system should be primarily RF technology frequency based The system must not use WIFI signal as its primary mode of communication. The system must not use 4G/5G as its primary mode of communication. Must haves: System must be capable of managing a minimum of 100 groups to be managed within the system. Supplier to detail maximum configuration capabilities. E.g. number of groups, individuals, and administrators that can be managed within the system. Devices must be capable of belonging to multiple/all response groups if required Alerts must be able to be sent out to devices or groups by telephone interface as the pri-mary method (The system should be able to deliver a backup alerts via other mediums such as sms via this solutions speech-to-text software). Supplier must provide robust devices The existing process for managing Emergency Bleep requests should be retained or im-proved 24/7 Support desk backed up by remote and engineer-to-site support within agreed SLAs NHS (or similar critical organisation) reference site must be available for stakeholders to visit Guaranteed minimum 9 yrs. system support lifecycle The suppler must commit to undertaking all regulatory requirements / registrations

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-64f2c2d3-6ea9-44e2-9c3d-ab6b96b3b24d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/34123b52-d3fe-4884-b561-efb1624d22f2
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

32344220 - Radio pagers

92213000 - Small scale radio systems services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£507,486 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£507,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Aug 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
8 Mar 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Aug 20214 years ago
Contract Period
22 Aug 2021 - 22 Aug 2028 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
Nicholas Hadziannis
Contact Email
nicholas.hadziannis@gstt.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 4BY
Post Town
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Chaucer
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ASCOM (UK

Further Information

Notice Documents

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