Tender

Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Digital Social Prescribing Solutions

NHS ENGLAND

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

08 Mar 2021 at 09:29

Planning

29 Jan 2021 at 16:34

Summary of the contracting process

NHS England is conducting a tender for the "Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Digital Social Prescribing Solutions" aimed at providing digital solutions for social prescribing, located across the UK. The procurement is currently at the Tender stage, with a contract value of £60 million. Bids can be submitted until 13 April 2021, followed by the award process set to begin on that same date, with the overall contract duration spanning four years. Interested suppliers must register on the Atamis portal to access additional details and submit their proposals.

This procurement opportunity is well-suited for businesses specialising in software development, IT services, and digital health solutions, particularly those that can offer innovative social prescribing digital systems that meet the evolving requirements of NHS services. Companies with expertise in integration and consulting in health and social care sectors will find this framework an ideal platform to showcase their capabilities, potentially leading to growth within the public health market as the NHS continues to enhance personalised care through digital innovations.

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Notice Title

Health Systems Support Framework: Provision of Digital Social Prescribing Solutions

Notice Description

The NHS is moving towards a more integrated model of care delivery through Integrated Care Systems (ICS). The Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) was established to provide a mechanism for ICS and other health and social care organisations to access the support and services they need to transform how they deliver care. It focuses on specialist solutions that enable the digitisation of services and the use of data to drive proactive population heath management approaches across local and integrated provider teams.NHS England are inviting suppliers to bid for accreditation to a new Service Line within the Service Category of Patient Empowerment and Activation within the Health Systems Support Framework relating to the supply of services and software for social prescribing digital solutions.Further details, including a description of the services, is provided in the ITT documents available at the address above and Section IV : Complementary Information of this notice.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS England and NHS Improvement are inviting suppliers to bid for accreditation to a new Service Line within the Service Category of Patient Empowerment and Activation of the Health Systems Support Framework. A full description of all service lines is provided within the ITT documents.Background to the Service CategoryPersonalised care represents a new relationship between people, professionals and the health and care system. It shifts power and decision making to give people a voice, to be heard, to be connected to each other and their communities. The provision of social prescribing software, related solutions and services that help to deliver NHS Long Term Plan commitments, enable the NHS to provide the highest possible quality of safe and appropriately directed services at national, regional, local system, organisational and individual site levels. The Comprehensive Model for Personalised Care has been co-produced with people with lived experience and a wide range of stakeholders and brings together six evidence-based and inter-linked components, each of which is defined by a standard, replicable delivery model. One of the components is Social prescribing and community-based support. Social Prescribing Digital Systems & Services The social prescribing digital solutions marketplace is an emerging one, with considerable variability in system functionality and interoperability. In order to support more effective social prescribing by practitioners and improved client access to those services, the NHS England Personalised Care Group's "Digital Vision for Social Prescribing" has prioritised the identification of a core set of requirements for social prescribing digital solutions.This new HSSF Framework Service Line will enable health, local government and voluntary sector buyers to select and purchase digital solutions that will have been accredited as meeting a minimum set of core capabilities and compliance with national standards.Bidder EventNHS England Personal Care Group intend to hold a supplier webinar-based briefing event in support of this opportunity. Further information about the time and format of the event and how to register if you wish to attend will be issued via the Atamis portal.

Renewal: The framework lot may be refreshed on its own or in line with the refresh of any other Service Lines within the scope of the HSSF in advance of the framework end date.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-028eac
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004546-2021
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48422000 - Software package suites

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services

72224100 - System implementation planning services

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

72260000 - Software-related services

72261000 - Software support services

72262000 - Software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£60,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Mar 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 Apr 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Mar 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
hssf.enquiries@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7UE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE42 Leeds

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

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