Notice Information
Notice Title
National Contractor Management System PIN
Notice Description
NHS Scotland is exploring options for introducing a National Contractor Management System (NCMS). This soft market test is being conducted to determine what solutions may be available, determine the scope of any future procurement to enable the delivery of NHS Scotland's estates and property maintenance and capital services to a high quality standard and to ascertain indicative costs. NHS Scotland's strategy for the future is that provision of contractor management will take the form of a data base covering all trades and specialist services normally procured through external contractors. The existing services within the Health Boards currently employ this from many vendors. As a consequence, current procurement routes exhibit high degrees of variability in terms of NHS requirements, competencies and performance. Changes in NHS Guidance, changing organisational structures, changes in competency assurance and the focus on infection prevention and control are drivers for the introduction of information management solutions with functionality to enable incremental change from the current state and meets the requirements of the future providing compliance assurance for the organisation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
NHS Scotland is exploring options for introducing a National Contractor Management System (NCMS). This soft market test is being conducted to determine what solutions may be available, determine the scope of any future procurement to enable the delivery of NHS Scotland's estates and property maintenance and capital services to a high quality standard and to ascertain indicative costs. NHS Scotland's strategy for the future is that provision of contractor management will take the form of a data base covering all trades and specialist services normally procured through external contractors. The existing services within the Health Boards currently employ this from many vendors. As a consequence, current procurement routes exhibit high degrees of variability in terms of NHS requirements, competencies and performance. Changes in NHS Guidance, changing organisational structures, changes in competency assurance and the focus on infection prevention and control are drivers for the introduction of information management solutions with functionality to enable incremental change from the current state and meets the requirements of the future providing compliance assurance for the organisation. The need for a National Contractor Management System (NCMS) was first identified whilst undergoing Topic Review within the Statutory Compliance Audit and Risk Tool (SCART) during 2020. During the Topic Review process, it was identified the advantages of a single system that could provide Boards with timely data across a number of service areas, enabling informed decision-making for the service, without the need to wait for time consuming searches and disagreement over contractor's personnel and indeed the authorised work to be carried out. The proposed NCMS will include the following modules: - Company competency, management and control - Employee competency, management and control. - Management and authorisation of work on site. - Access control to NHS sites. - Site Induction and learning in relation to NHS Sites. - Asset management - Safe systems of work and Method Statements - Financial, management, benchmarking reports The NCMS functionality is essential for providing services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and must have an extremely high degree of resilience in order to minimise any periods of scheduled or unscheduled downtime. Vendors of future solutions should note that this resilience should include but not be limited to Failover and Disaster Recovery of the system with limited technical intervention. Potential suppliers may be invited to attend a Q and A session at an NHS Scotland site in Glasgow or through virtual communication media with date and time to be confirmed through publication on the Public Contracts Scotland portal Additional information: A questionnaire has been attached to this notice. Please complete and respond as per the instructions in the document. This is a market testing exercise which will allow the Authority to consider future options in this area.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02f46e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027905-2021
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Nov 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Oct 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- jim.binnie@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9EB
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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