Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
North of England Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
Durham
Contact
Jackie Sanderson
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC - North East (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
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
Provision of Network Services
Reference number
Doc1601944407
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 32400000 - Networks
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) requires connectivity to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the Internet and NECS' data centres.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £9,720,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) requires connectivity to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the Internet and NECS' data centres for 460+ North East GP practices and ICB corporate sites, NECS, NECS customer sites and the 170+ GP & ICB corporate sites of Derby & Derbyshire ICB (D&D). This is currently provided by two Community of Interest Networks that are centred on NECS' data centres. NECS is keen to explore alternative solutions that are suited to more modern ways of working and technologies
two.2.14) Additional information
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge. The documents and their content should not be reproduced or used for any other purposes.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 October 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
NECS is publishing this PIN to invite suppliers to take part in a market engagement exercise. This is expected to be a multi-phase engagement process. This exercise is to inform NECS' design of its network infrastructure and its procurement route. NECS has made market engagement collateral available at the above-mentioned link, suppliers can find it by clicking the link, registering or logging in to the portal and navigating to:
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17307354
Suppliers are invited to submit a Market Engagement Questionnaire in accordance with the timelines set out in the collateral.