Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3454102222
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Digital Capability for Health
Reference number
RM6221
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Primarily in the UK
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, has put in place an agreement for the provision of Digital Capability for Health for use by NHS Digital and other public sector health and social care bodies for the provision of digital outcomes and supporting services. The agreement was developed with NHS Digital as the Operator, who requires digital capability to meet specific needs of the health and social care sector.
NHS Digital requires suppliers to invest in understanding their specific organisational needs and to bespoke delivery of their services to meet requirements.
This framework has 12 suppliers with whom NHS Digital will develop strategic relationships over a period of time, to warrant up-front investment in framework level supplier agnostic competition, whilst maintaining effective and efficient competition at call-off. Building of closer strategic relationships will encourage the suppliers to improve and innovate on their delivery of services.
This will be achieved through ongoing collaborative partnership or supplier relationship management activities based on feedback from call-off contracts and MI reports.
Suppliers under the framework are required to provide the following Service Provisions:
DevOps Services - support for ongoing live services
Digital Definition Services - either separately or combined Extended Discovery and /or Alpha phases.
Build and Transition Services - either separately combining Beta phase and/or Retirement phases (including transition to Live). It is anticipated that Live will be covered by an appropriate competition for DevOps Services.
End-to-End Development Services - with the ability to combine the full set of agile phases of Discovery through to Live.
Data Management (and Similar) Services - primarily targeted at building, enhancing and maintaining data assets, migrating data from one system to another and analysis and reporting from such data assets.
Call-off competitions under this framework will follow NHS Digital’s standard governance processes for their requirements. There is no direct award call-off in this agreement.
Typical digital development will follow Government Digital Service (GDS) life cycle: discovery, alpha, beta and so on, outlined in the government service design manual (https://www.gov.uk/service-manual).
Suppliers will deliver work using GDS agile methodologies.
The framework will address the evolving technical ‘stacks’ associated within the different pillars of NHS Digital, including:
Platforms and infrastructure
Product development
Data services
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
48
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2021/S 000-002855
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
RM6221
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
5 January 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list
9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3454102222
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £800,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3454102222
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, has put in place an agreement for the provision of Digital Capability for Health for use by NHS Digital and other public sector health and social care bodies for the provision of digital outcomes and supporting services. The agreement was developed with NHS Digital as the Operator, who requires digital capability to meet specific needs of the health and social care sector.
NHS Digital requires suppliers to invest in understanding their specific organisational needs and to bespoke delivery of their services to meet requirements.
This framework has 12 suppliers with whom NHS Digital will develop strategic relationships over a period of time, to warrant up-front investment in framework level supplier agnostic competition, whilst maintaining effective and efficient competition at call-off. Building of closer strategic relationships will encourage the suppliers to improve and innovate on their delivery of services.
This will be achieved through ongoing collaborative partnership or supplier relationship management activities based on feedback from call-off contracts and MI reports.
Suppliers under the framework are required to provide the following Service Provisions:
DevOps Services - support for ongoing live services
Digital Definition Services - either separately or combined Extended Discovery and /or Alpha phases.
Build and Transition Services - either separately combining Beta phase and/or Retirement phases (including transition to Live). It is anticipated that Live will be covered by an appropriate competition for DevOps Services.
End-to-End Development Services - with the ability to combine the full set of agile phases of Discovery through to Live.
Data Management (and Similar) Services - primarily targeted at building, enhancing and maintaining data assets, migrating data from one system to another and analysis and reporting from such data assets.
Call-off competitions under this framework will follow NHS Digital’s standard governance processes for their requirements. There is no direct award call-off in this agreement.
Typical digital development will follow Government Digital Service (GDS) life cycle: discovery, alpha, beta and so on, outlined in the government service design manual (https://www.gov.uk/service-manual).
Suppliers will deliver work using GDS agile methodologies.
The framework will address the evolving technical ‘stacks’ associated within the different pillars of NHS Digital, including:
Platforms and infrastructure
Product development
Data services
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
54
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£800,000,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)
9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3454102222
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
In accordance with Regulation 72 paragraph (1)(e) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, CCS intends to modify the Digital Capability for Health framework (RM6221) by extending the term by six (6) months.
This agreement will now expire 17/07/2025.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
Digital Capability for Health has been extended so that a number of NHS England projects have been able to go through their approvals process, which had to start before CCS were able to confirm dates for the new iteration of the framework Digital Capability for Health 2 (RM6345).
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £800,000,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £800,000,000