Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
East of England Ambulance NHS Trust
Lakeview House
Bedford
MK44 3WH
Contact
Emma Saunderson
Telephone
+44 07354163221
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk/eastamb/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk/eastamb/
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
23-T18 - Electronic Clinician & Learner Integrated Progression System for Education (ECLIPSE)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Electronic Clinician & Learner Integrated Progression System for Education (ECLIPSE)
The Strategy, Culture and Education directorate (SCE) within the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) are requiring a Digital Education Management System to improve the tracking, reporting and development of our clinical workforce. The system will be required to access data from other primary systems within the organisation as well as keeping its own unique data sets, enabling the system to produce granular as well as global reports on workforce development. Furthermore, the system will allow for our clinical workforce to track their own development based on tasks, educational profiles and portfolios.
The system can be an existing platform which can be modified to meet our unique needs or a custom-built application.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- UKH3 - Essex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The system can be an existing platform which can be modified to meet our unique needs or a custom-built application. The system will:
System Environment, Security & Audit
• Integrate into our Microsoft infrastructure along with internal SSO and external access for partner organisations
• Be secure and meet all NHS secure standards
• Be web-based and responsive to all mobile and desktop devices (iOS and Android)
• Have the option for any administrative user to enter into an administrative graphical user interface
• Enable the organisation to place individuals into groups which will enable group-based notifications and group-based allocation for administrative rights
• Have a robust and detailed administrative rights and permissions control panel
• Allow for the recording and audit of all changes that happen within the system from an automated level or a system user and administrator level.
Reporting
• Consist of a robust and flexible reporting tool which will enable the organisation to design reporting templates
• Allow the organisation to assign automated or manual reporting to any reporting template and allow for the frequency of the report to be run if automated
• Allow where any automated report is delivered to via email, to include multiple recipients
• Allow for forecast reporting to take place based on certain data sets
• Use data from our LMS to report on staff compliance and show this in a table or graph-based report
General User / Administrator Environment
• Have a graphical user interface with individual workforce user dashboards which will display a staff members’ personal development, tasks and notifications, current or historical
• Have the facility for administrators to schedule two or three staff members together for a period of time, aligned to existing ambulance GRS shift planning software
• Allow for individual user notifications
• Enable the organisation to keep a record of interactions / file uploads for a member of staff which will be subject to access level restrictions
• Enable the organisational supervisors / management to view and report on a users’ progress based on educational profiles, portfolios or tasks.
• Allow for notifications to be pushed to smart devices such as an iPad
• Allow the organisation to onboard external learners from partner organisations, hold those learners in a ‘holding’ database to allow for certain administrative tasks to take place, before merging over into a ‘live’ database
• Allow the organisation to onboard external learners though a password protected webpage.
• Allow the system administrators to edit certain text information points on the ‘onboarding’ webpage.
• Integrate using an API to the DVLA for automatic driving license checks. Furthermore, produce reporting and notifications based on set criteria within a DVLA automatic driving licence check.
• Display all statutory and mandatory compliance e-learning and continuing professional development, both completed or not completed on our internal LMS to the user via their dashboard.
• Allow the user to reflect on any mandatory or LMS e-learning component
Workforce Development
• Allow the creation of electronic forms to be used throughout the system
• Allow the creation of static and dynamic educational or continuing professional development portfolios
• Enable the organisation to assign tasks to a user – re-occurring or one time only, also assigning a time frame for task completion.
• Enable the creation and assignment of educational and development profiles for staff to complete
• Allow the onboarding of internal and external learners via a secure webpage
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two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract duration is five (5) years with the option to extend for two (2) further periods of twelve (12) months
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
See Invitation to Tender
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
See Invitation to Tender
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
5 February 2024
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
5 February 2024
Local time
5:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.3) Additional information
PIN 2023/S000-026111 Posted 4th September 2024
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
East of England Ambulance NHS Trust
Lakeview House
Bedford
MK44 WFH
Telephone
+44 7354163221
Country
United Kingdom