Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
2nd Floor Gail House. Lower Stone Street
Maidstone
ME15 6NB
Contact
Garry Mitchell
commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
NHS Organisation Data Service
91Q
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/contact-us
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from 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
NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board - Market Engagement for the Provision of Messaging, Online and Video Consultations Services
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
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) would like to invite Suppliers to attend a virtual market engagement event regarding the provision of messaging, online and video consultation services for Primary Care within Kent and Medway.
This notice is to inform Suppliers that a market engagement event will be held virtually via MS Teams on April 19th, 2023, between 12:00 and 13:30pm.
The event will offer insight on Kent and Medway ICB's strategic direction of travel and current thinking on the future delivery of these services. The event will provide Suppliers an opportunity to shape and inform thinking to aid the development of the specification and procurement strategy.
To register an interest and confirm attendance, interested parties are asked to complete and return the MS Forms invite as per the link below: -
https://forms.microsoft.com/e/VbufJ4kbQS
The closing date for submitting the response via MS Forms is 12:00 midday on Friday 14th April 2023.
Kent and Medway ICB may undertake a series of market engagement opportunities to provide feedback and inform the strategy, Suppliers must confirm their interest in participating in the series of events through completion of the MS Forms invitation link above.
All correspondence should be in the form of acceptance to the invite, should there be any issues with accessing or responding to this invite please direct your queries to the following email address - commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net.
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 NHS Kent and Medway ICB or respondents to a future procurement,
This process is being carried out by NHS England National Commercial & Procurement Hub
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72400000 - Internet services
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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 NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board or respondents to a future procurement,
This process is being carried out by NHS England National Commercial & Procurement Hub
two.2.14) Additional information
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 parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an automatic invitation to any subsequent formal procurement, which the commissioners will consider in due course.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 February 2024
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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 parties should respond to the MS Forms invite provided in this PIN to confirm their interest and attendance at this market engagement event.