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Telephone and Messaging Based Advice & Guidance Service for Health Professionals

NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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Award

20 Aug 2024 at 07:57

TenderUpdate

06 Mar 2024 at 19:42

Tender

12 Feb 2024 at 18:06

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has completed the tender process and awarded a contract for the "Telephone and Messaging Based Advice & Guidance Service for Health Professionals." The contract, valued at £3,000,000 over a potential five-year period, focuses on IT services within the healthcare sector. This procurement process was conducted through an open procedure and involves providing a digital platform to facilitate secure communication and clinical guidance across multiple specialties for healthcare professionals within the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System (ICS). The initial contract term is for three years, commencing on 1st August 2024, with an optional extension of up to two additional years. Key dates include the commencement date of 1st August 2024 and the option to extend until 31st August 2029.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, consulting, software development, and secure communication technologies. Companies with expertise in developing and managing digital health platforms will particularly find this contract appealing. The awarded provider, Consultant Connect, was selected for their ability to offer robust and rapid connectivity, ensuring immediate clinical advice and guidance. With an annual budget of £600,000, this procurement focuses on high-quality service delivery and integration with local and national networks, offering ample growth opportunities for businesses adept at meeting stringent healthcare standards and working within financial thresholds.

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Notice Title

Telephone and Messaging Based Advice & Guidance Service for Health Professionals

Notice Description

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering an Telephone and Message based Advice and Guidance Service to Health Care Professionals across the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering an Telephone and Message based Advice and Guidance Service to Health Care Professionals across the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System.

The key aims and objectives of the digital platform were to enable both telephone based and clinically secure photo messaging application for the provision of Clinical Advice & Guidance for a range of clinical specialties.

The platform will provide a consistent level of stability and importantly a high level of connectivity with exceptional connection times measured in seconds.

The service is able to offer a range of specialties covering both physical and mental health.

The service is integrated with key local providers in HWE Integrated Care System (ICS) but is backed up by a network of NHS clinicians located outside of Hertfordshire and West Essex but within the UK.

The service will allow healthcare professionals to speak to other healthcare professionals locally or where not available to other healthcare professionals based elsewhere in the UK. The service will provide access to these UK based healthcare professionals either through their own network or through a third-party network that they will sub-contract.

This ensures that primary care always has access to immediate clinical advice and guidance.

The provision of healthcare professionals outside of HWE should be in a manner that does not result in a detrimental effect on NHS patients or services, nor diminish the public resources that are available for the NHS.

The service will also be available to other healthcare professionals and organisations within HWE ICS to allow appropriate advice and guidance to be given.

The process was a one stage open process.

The contract is for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years, commencing 1st August 2024.

The annual contract value was PS600,000 inclusive of VAT (PS1,800,000 for the initial 3-year term with an option to extend for a further 2 years totalling PS3,000,000 over the total 5 year term).

Please note there was a financial threshold associated with this procurement. Any bids exceeding PS600,000 per annum was excluded from evaluation and disqualified from the process. No bids over PS600,000 per annum were accepted.

Providers registered for the opportunity via the link below, as detailed: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Project Reference: C244252
Project Name: Telephone and Messaging Based Advice & Guidance Platform for Health Professionals

Options: Contract was awarded on an initial term of 3 years contract term (1st August 2024 to 31st July 2027), with
the option to extend for up to a further 2 years (1st August 2024 to 31st July 2029).

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-043982
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026389-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

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

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,761,290 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
15 Mar 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Aug 20241 years ago
Contract Period
31 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2029 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
Lisa Innes
Contact Email
aparna.garg1@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Postcode
AL8 6JL
Post Town
St Albans
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
Delivery Location
TLH East (England)

Local Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Electoral Ward
Handside
Westminster Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CONSULTANT CONNECT

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