Planning

Expression of Interest - Equipment Sharing Solution & Services

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-029140

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-049a0e

Published 11 September 2024, 3:52pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

Contact

Nawaz Habib

Email

nawaz.habib@gstt.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.lpp.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.lpp.nhs.uk/

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

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Expression of Interest - Equipment Sharing Solution & Services

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The NHS London Procurement Partnership are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide our members a cloud-based platform to help achieve following goals:

• Reallocation and utilisation of healthcare assets
• Enable data driven capital planning to assess future investment
• Improve operational efficiency across individual and multi -site healthcare providers
• Support long-term asset management with the ability to track, monitor and determine life-span of assets
• Reduce capital outlays by providing investment planning
• Reduce associated maintenance costs (OEM and internal)
• Expand service-lines with reliance on current resources
• Keep up with emerging technology and upgrades on current assets
The platform is intended to support NHS Trusts (but not limited to these organisations) to optimise equipment utilisation by tracking and sharing of medical equipment across and between affiliated health care networks.
Platform – cloud-based software available via web-browser, purpose built to track and share equipment and support capital planning.
Data Services – instantiation and maintenance of data feeds from hospital systems, maintenance of a client inventory master, and customised preference logic created and maintained by the platform provider.
Customer Success Services –account management and day-to-day operational support.

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

The NHS London Procurement Partnership are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from experienced and qualified suppliers to provide our members a cloud-based platform to help achieve following goals:

• Reallocation and utilisation of healthcare assets
• Enable data driven capital planning to assess future investment
• Improve operational efficiency across individual and multi -site healthcare providers
• Support long-term asset management with the ability to track, monitor and determine life-span of assets
• Reduce capital outlays by providing investment planning
• Reduce associated maintenance costs (OEM and internal)
• Expand service-lines with reliance on current resources
• Keep up with emerging technology and upgrades on current assets
The platform is intended to support NHS Trusts (but not limited to these organisations) to optimise equipment utilisation by tracking and sharing of medical equipment across and between affiliated health care networks.
Platform – cloud-based software available via web-browser, purpose built to track and share equipment and support capital planning.
Data Services – instantiation and maintenance of data feeds from hospital systems, maintenance of a client inventory master, and customised preference logic created and maintained by the platform provider.
Customer Success Services –account management and day-to-day operational support.

In direct consultation with the customer (our member Trust), the provider will perform regular, periodic, data analyses to identify and establish strategies to improve equipment utilisation, drive patient throughput, and support of capital planning within, and between the participating Trusts. In doing so, the provider will prepare and provide at least quarterly data reviews and capital recommendations, including an annually- updated 10-year capital spend projection, for all in-scope modalities across all participating Trusts in the Integrated Care System. Initially platform will be rolled to below modalities (but suggestions for further areas are welcome):
• Radiology
• Endoscopy
• Echocardiology
• Theatre Diagnostics

The deadline for the expression of interest is by 12 noon on the 25th September 2024. Please complete the "Expression of Interest Questionnaire - NHS LPP Equipment Sharing Platform Solution" provided via the Atamis e-tendering portal. Please see below additional information on guidance on how to access the Atamis e-tendering portal and project.

two.2.14) Additional information

To express an interest in this opportunity, then please go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome to register to participate for Expressions of Interest (EOI). You will need to search for the contract ref: C305480 - Expression of Interest - Equipment Sharing Solution & Services.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

4 February 2025


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: No