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North Of England Commissioning Support

Child Health Information Services (CHIS) South West

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£11.5m
Awarded13 Jul 2022
Published20 Sept 2022
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£11.5mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£12.4m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

North of England Commissioning Support is working for and on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement South West (the Contracting Authority) to commission Child Health Information Services (CHIS) for the Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly (DCIOS), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and Somerset regions.

The Provider will be required to show that the healthcare premises comply with BS ISO/IEC 17799-2005 (Code of Practice for Information Security Management) and ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems - Requirements) for all systems used to provide IM&T Services unless otherwise agreed with the Commissioner.

The contract is for 5 years with no option to extend.

The start date of the contract is 01 April 2023.

The procurement will be available to view on the e-tendering portal on the 06 June 2022.

The Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No102).

Additional information NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential providers.

There will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS, including your submission, will be conducted via the portal: Supplier Portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home Helpdesk contact information support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810 Helpdesk Availability Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5.00pm).

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply.

Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

The tender deadline date is before 12 noon on 13 July 2022.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, the Contracting Authority must consider: (a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and (b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Provider will be required to show

The Provider will be required to show that the healthcare premises comply with BS ISO/IEC 17799-2005 (Code of Practice for Information Security Management) and ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems.

02

Requirements) for all systems used to provide

Requirements) for all systems used to provide IM&T Services unless otherwise agreed with the Commissioner.

03

Helpdesk contact information support@in-tend.com or by phone

Helpdesk contact information support@in-tend.com or by phone 0844 2728810.

04

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, the Contracting Authority must consider:.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 1 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Social valuesays mustPolicies & commitments
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, the Contracting Authority must consider:
ISO 27001 (information security)Standards you certify to
The Provider will be required to show that the healthcare premises comply with BS ISO/IEC 17799-2005 (Code of Practice for Information Security Management) and ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems - Requirements) for all systems used to provide IM&T Services unless otherwise agreed with the Commissio…

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Stage
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