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title: "Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-135879"
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source: "Sell2Wales"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES"
published: "2023-10-27"
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# Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement

Buyer: DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-135879

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## Summary

The Digital Health and Care Wales organisation based in Cardiff, UK, has initiated a tender for an Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement in the Health industry category. The tender is at the planning stage and the key dates include two supplier briefing sessions on 7th November 2023 and 14th November 2023. The procurement process aims to support the delivery of the NHS Wales App across various key areas, with the anticipated award of the Framework Agreement in April 2024.

This procurement opportunity by Digital Health and Care Wales presents a chance for businesses to provide specialist resources for the Digital Services for Patients and the Public programme. Companies suited for this tender are those with experience in agile product delivery, software development, and service management. The tender process involves creating a sole supplier Framework Agreement, providing opportunities for businesses to engage with a comprehensive healthcare project focused on enhancing health and social care outcomes for the people of Wales.

## Notice

Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") is seeking to create a sole supplier Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement to enable specialist resources to be called off as and when required to support the Digital Services for Patients and the Public ("DSPP") programme in delivering the NHS Wales App. The scope of the Framework Agreement is for the provision of services via a "call off mechanism" to support DHCW in delivering the NHS Wales App across four key areas: 1. Discovery 2. Development 3. Operations 4. Support & Service Management This opportunity will be tendered via the Bravo e-tender Wales portal- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Suppliers interested in this procurement can attend two supplier briefing sessions on 7th November 2023 and 14th November 2023. To register your attendance please email your confirmation to Nathan Beynon at nathan.beynon3@wales.nhs.uk by the 2nd November 2023.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") is seeking to create a sole supplier Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement to enable specialist resources to be called off as and when required to support the Digital Services for Patients and the Public ("DSPP") programme in delivering the NHS Wales App. The DSPP Programme has been established to deliver the following vision: i. Using transformational digital services to increase people's involvement in the management of their health and wellbeing to engender more positive health and social care outcomes for the people of Wales. ii. Opening up channels to capture and share information relating to people's health and wellbeing: - Greater visibility of and access to the information that the NHS holds at an individual level; - Ability for the patient to collect and share information with carers, medical professionals and others of their choosing; - Create a technical and cultural environment that can extend beyond traditional NHS boundaries and into social care and the third sector. iii. Providing Information sharing under clear models for consent, data provenance, and audit including controlled proxy access and accountability for actions based on available information at a given point in time. iv. This vision for information sharing includes: - Transactional information such as appointment bookings. - Communications including correspondence, messages and video calling and conferencing. - Personalised health and wellbeing information presented in a context that is understandable, allowing a user to navigate between multiple sources of supporting information and service information with relative ease. To date the NHS Wales App has been developed by external partners and these agreements are due to expire mid-2024. To support the NHS Wales Apps' next stage of development and operation DHCW require an agile and flexible means of contracting with an external product delivery partner who has the relevant skills and experience to support DSPP and DHCW with the discovery, development and deployment of applications. To enable the DSPP programme to call off their requirements on an ad hoc basis in accordance with the iterative technological needs of the programme and NHS Wales' strategic business needs, it is anticipated the Framework Agreement will be awarded in April 2024. The scope of the Framework Agreement is for the provision of services via a "call off mechanism" to support DHCW in delivering the NHS Wales App across four key areas: 1. Discovery 2. Development 3. Operations 4. Support & Service Management This opportunity will be tendered via the Bravo e-tender Wales portal- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Suppliers interested in this procurement can attend two supplier briefing sessions on 7th November 2023 and 14th November 2023. To register your attendance please email your confirmation to Nathan Beynon at nathan.beynon3@wales.nhs.uk by the 2nd November 2023.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=135879 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 4 Dec 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF11 9AD |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff West |
| Delivery location | TLL Wales |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 27 Oct 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=135879

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT455173
  Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement - Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") is seeking to create a sole supplier Agile Product Delivery Partner (Discovery, Development, Deployment) Framework Agreement to enable specialist resources to be called off as and when required to support the Digital Services for Patients and the Public ("DSPP") programme in delivering the NHS Wales App. The scope of the Framework Agreement is for the provision of services via a "call off mechanism" to support DHCW in delivering the NHS Wales App across four key areas: 1. Discovery 2. Development 3. Operations 4. Support & Service Management This opportunity will be tendered via the Bravo e-tender Wales portal- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Suppliers interested in this procurement can attend two supplier briefing sessions on 7th November 2023 and 14th November 2023. To register your attendance please email your confirmation to Nathan Beynon at nathan.beynon3@wales.nhs.uk by the 2nd November 2023.

## Notice URLs

- http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=135879
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-135879
- https://dhcw.nhs.wales/
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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