--- title: "Procurement for the provision of Primary Care Laboratory(s) to NHS England South West" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2023-03-24" --- # Procurement for the provision of Primary Care Laboratory(s) to NHS England South West Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c8aeebaa-815e-4a41-a266-3412821d7fa7.json) ## Summary The NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is conducting a tender titled "Procurement for the provision of Primary Care Laboratory(s) to NHS England South West". This procurement falls under the services category and involves the provision of a Primary Care Laboratory within the South West region of NHS England. The Lab forms part of a wider Primary Care Digital Experience programme aimed at transforming primary care processes using digital technology and data. The contract is expected to be awarded in early June 2023, with the Laboratory(s) operational by early autumn 2023. The procurement method is an open procedure (above threshold), and the tender period ends on April 26, 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those in software programming and consultancy services, to engage with the NHS in the South West region. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are suitable for this tender. Businesses interested in providing IT infrastructure, hardware, software, and related services for primary care innovation will find this opportunity well-suited for business growth. The Laboratory project aims to create a 'sandbox' environment for testing digital solutions in primary care, offering potential for innovation and collaboration with partner organisations. ## Notice NHS England (South West Region) is procuring a Primary Care Laboratory ("the Lab"), within the South West region of NHS England. The Lab forms part of a wider Primary Care Digital Experience programme which aims "to transform the human experience of primary care processes, using digital technology and data", seeking to improve the staff and citizen experience of primary care, by testing solutions to the problems identified by the primary care workforce and citizens who interact with primary care. The Lab will be a physical space in which digital technology and digitally-enabled processes in General Practice (GP), Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and wider primary care services, such as dental practices, can be physically tested and piloted, without an impact on the already time and resource pressured primary care workforce. The Lab includes the configuration of a flexible and adaptable yet dedicated space, the provision of IT and 'office' hardware, and established IT software (Windows, Chrome/Edge), and resources (physical, technical and human) to develop, test, refine, optimise and evaluate digital solutions. For the purposes of this project, 'flexible and adaptable space' means a building or area within a building allocated and protected specifically for this project, that can be reconfigured easily using various tools and props to provide different types of 'rooms' that simulate General Practice and wider primary care services. The Lab will form a 'sandbox' environment, in the South West region, in which tacit knowledge from both existing pockets of excellence and digital technology testing will create lessons learnt for best practice techniques of moving innovations into the primary care space. There is potential for more than one space in the South West region with a maximum of three partner organisations (suppliers) supplying a maximum of three labs. The Primary Care Laboratory will be hosted by the partner organisation (supplier) who will manage the physical infrastructure, and services to run and maintain the infrastructure. The intention is to award the contract early June 2023, with the Laboratory(s) operational by early autumn 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the maximum value of this procurement will be PS1,850,000 exc. VAT or PS2,220,000 inc. VAT Additional information: 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 bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7e20655-3e67-4ee3-8a7a-422063349053 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | 26 Apr 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 19 Jun 2023 - 19 Jun 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS2 7UE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 24 Mar 2023 at 15:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7e20655-3e67-4ee3-8a7a-422063349053 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f7e20655-3e67-4ee3-8a7a-422063349053 24th March 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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