Contract

Specialist Resources for Digital Services for Patients and the Public Programme Management and Delivery

  • Digital Health and Care Wales

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-010190

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-032e6a

Published 19 April 2022, 1:37pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Digital Health and Care Wales

Ty Glan-yr-Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East

Cardiff

CF11 9AD

Contact

Laura Panes

Email

laura.panes@wales.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 2920502109

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

Specialist Resources for Digital Services for Patients and the Public Programme Management and Delivery

Reference number

P720

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The DSPP core platform will be building the fabric for the future of public digital services that will enable secure and seamless sharing of information. The programme will focus on data and technology:

- Need to build on and support exiting activities, initiatives and solutions

- Programme needs to ‘fix’ the data integration challenges

- Desire to support innovation in the market to achieve pace, resilience and thinking

- Build a common platform for terminology, shared solutions and access to resources

- Link to the NDR and develop using standards (technical and health data)

- Influence and adhere to appropriate information governance

- Robust and consistent identity management

- A ‘Centre of Excellence’, will enable learning and adoption of ‘common standards’

but to succeed there needs to be parallel focus on service transformation and adoption. Further specialist consultancy resources are required to continue the programme leadership, technical requirement delivery and stakeholder communication to ensure the vision of the DSPP programme is delivered, plus address any new requirements arising as a result of the changes in the government guidelines regarding the pandemic management and the vaccine programme, as well new strategic initiatives.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,800,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

Digital Health and Care Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The DSPP core platform will be building the fabric for the future of public digital services that will enable secure and seamless sharing of information. The programme will focus on data and technology:

- Need to build on and support exiting activities, initiatives and solutions

- Programme needs to ‘fix’ the data integration challenges

- Desire to support innovation in the market to achieve pace, resilience and thinking

- Build a common platform for terminology, shared solutions and access to resources

- Link to the NDR and develop using standards (technical and health data)

- Influence and adhere to appropriate information governance

- Robust and consistent identity management

- A ‘Centre of Excellence’, will enable learning and adoption of ‘common standards’

but to succeed there needs to be parallel focus on service transformation and adoption.

Further specialist consultancy resources are required to continue the programme leadership, technical requirement delivery and stakeholder communication to ensure the vision of the DSPP programme is delivered, plus address any new requirements arising as a result of the changes in the government guidelines regarding the pandemic management and the vaccine programme, as well new strategic initiatives.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Conformance to Specification / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

There may be additional work-packages for follow on work relating specifically to this Programme that may be called off over the duration of the contract.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

The value of the initial work-package is 569,300 GBP ex VAT but the potential total contract value is up to 1,800,000 GBP ex VAT


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2017/S 141-289618


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

P720

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

5 April 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Spirit Public Sector Ltd

2 Plassey Square

Penarth

CF641HB

Telephone

+44 7977015980

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,800,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This Contract was awarded via a further competition under the Digital Patient Services Partners Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

(WA Ref:120518)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom