Notice Information
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).
Notice Details
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
Buyer & Supplier
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
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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