{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb9a-2025-10-17T16:39:01+01:00", "date": "2025-10-17T16:39:01+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb9a", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-NHS-QR1", "name": "NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-NHS", "id": "QR1" }, "additionalIdentifiers": [ { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PYQM-9666-VXBD" } ], "address": { "streetAddress": "Shire Hall, Westgate Street", "locality": "Gloucester", "postalCode": "GL1 2TG", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKK13" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Samantha Phillips", "email": "scwcsu.clinical.procurement@nhs.net" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "classifications": [ { "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment", "description": "Public authority - central government" } ] } }, { "id": "GB-NHS-0DF", "name": "NHS South Central and West CSU", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-NHS", "id": "0DF" }, "additionalIdentifiers": [ { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PXTZ-5316-XWPW" } ], "address": { "streetAddress": "Omega House, 112 Southampton Road", "locality": "Eastleigh", "postalCode": "SO50 5PB", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKJ35" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Samantha Phillips", "email": "scwcsu.clinical.procurement@nhs.net" }, "roles": [ "procuringEntity", "processContactPoint" ], "roleDetails": "Procurement Advisor", "details": { "url": "https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/" } }, { "id": "GB-COH-10245607", "name": "MCB SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-COH", "id": "10245607" }, "additionalIdentifiers": [ { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PXZT-4553-VLJV" } ], "address": { "streetAddress": "7 Moyne Close", "locality": "Cambridge", "postalCode": "CB4 2TA", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKH12" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "info@carebanking.co.uk" }, "roles": [ "supplier" ], "details": { "url": "http://mycarebank.eu", "scale": "sme", "vcse": false, "publicServiceMissionOrganization": false, "shelteredWorkshop": false } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-NHS-QR1", "name": "NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" }, "planning": { "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You will find the project titled: Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Digital System for NHS Gloucestershire ICB - MEE with the Atamis reference C346965. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest for the market engagement event using the correspondence function within Atamis. It is the Commissioners intent to hold a virtual Market Engagement Event (MEE) at a later date, once expressions of interest have been collated. An invitation to this event will be issued directly to you once you have registered on the Atamis portal. Any future tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by the Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025. The Authority will run a transparent process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.", "dueDate": "2025-04-29T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "012365-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012365-2025", "datePublished": "2025-04-01T16:55:46+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "C375403 / WA17855", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "All-Age Continuing Care (AACC) Digital System to NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board", "description": "NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) were seeking to secure a Prime Provider who had the capability and capacity to provide a Continuing Healthcare and Nursing Healthcare digital system, in line with the specified requirements. The Commissioner confirmed that whilst they were seeking a Prime Provider, they welcomed partnerships, consortiums and/or sub-contractual models, which was at Bidders' discretion. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2026. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 (three) years, with an option to extend for a further 1 (one) year, plus another 1 (one) year as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioners. Below is a high-level overview of the requirements to be delivered: The AACC Digital system will need to have the following functionalities and/or mandatory requirements: Case Management functionality including: * Case Management Solution * Communication and Contact Information * Workflow Management * Disputes, Complaints, Appeals and Panels * Previously Unassessed Periods of Care (PUPoC) * Independent Review Process * Safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Referral Management functionality including: * Professional Referrals and Interactions * Referral Management Financial Management including: * Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) * Reimbursements * Regular Processes Reporting including: * Data Extracts and Reporting The AACC Digital system may provide the following functionalities and/or desirable requirements: * Patient Interaction * Commissioning, Provider Marketplace & Provider Portal * Financial Payments TUPE elements do not apply for this procurement opportunity. Total combined maximum contract value, across the full potential term of 5 (five) years including any optional extension years was PS600,000 including VAT. A breakdown of all figures and terms were found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently announced a restructure of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), with the plan for Gloucestershire ICB to initially cluster and then merge with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB. There is limited information on whether CHC services will remain within ICBs or join another organisation within the wider ICS footprint. When the organisational changes are known the relevant amendments required to the contract will be revised with the successful provider and will be in line with the modification sections of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) regulations The Contracting Authority will observe a 8 working day standstill period starting from the following working day of this notice prior. The Standstill Period will end on 28 October 2025. 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