Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
1st Floor, Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
Contact
Herlin Joseph
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Digital Staff Passport Framework
Reference number
Tender portal ref: C168580
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 England has been working to enable staff movements through the use of digital staff passports. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the Covid Digital Staff Passport has been developed as an interim solution. NHS England now wishes to initiate a new framework for Digital staff passports that will be available for the health, care and other sectors.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £50,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digital Staff Passport Framework - The need for the NHS to have a flexible and responsive workforce has been set out in both the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS People Plan.
The ambition now, as set out by the NHS National Director for People and National Director of Transformation, is to make digital staff passports available to substantially more staff servicing different types of staff movements as soon as practicable.
To support this ambition, NHS England want to better understand what the providers of digital passport technologies are able to offer and establish a new framework service line for digital staff passport providers under the Health System Support Framework (HSSF) to ensure a broad and open market is created.
two.2.14) Additional information
Further to this PIN notice NHSE wishes undertake a tender process to initiate a multi-supplier framework agreement, so that potential authorities can undertake call-offs as and when required in line with framework Terms and conditions.
The first Invitations to Tender for this new service line will include the following:
Designing and developing digital staff passport and onboarding services for different staff groups across the health and care sectors.
Please note that authority may decide to shorten the timescales for the ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage as we have published the PIN. So, we would encourage you to prepare early if you are planning to bid for this opportunity.
To access the tender management portal, please see the tender portal link and the helpdesk details:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Helpdesk:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
9 June 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
NHS E will be hosting an early Market engagement event via webinar (MS Teams) on Friday 19th May from 2pm – 3pm.
This event will be limited to two persons per Supplier, to manage virtual platform capacity. Please register your attendance at this event via herlin.joseph@nhs.net
Your email title should reference - Digital Staff Passports Webinar
Please confirm (a) Company Name (b) Name of Attendee/s (c) Job/Position title. A formal MS Teams invite will follow.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the e-tendering portal via the link given below. Project reference number - C168580
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
If you need assistance to access tendering portal, please contact the help desk:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk