Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Telephone
+44 1133434104
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE42 - Leeds
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Buyer's 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
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PE2022-23/1815 Join Dementia Research 2 Public Web Service - Delivery of Discovery and Alpha phases
Reference number
PE2022-23/1815
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
The outputs from this work (Discovery & Alpha Phases) will either inform a decision to proceed with an updated business case to secure funding from DHSC for the Beta Phase and support costs or, less likely, a decision will be made not to proceed further with the project. The Beta Phase will be subject to a further open tender.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £800,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE42 - Leeds
Main site or place of performance
Leeds
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC) is hosted by the University of Leeds under contract from the Department of Health and Social Care.
The Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre manages the Clinical Research Network (CRN) on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. The CRN is made up of 15 regional Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs) that cover the length and breadth of England.
The current Join Dementia Research system was developed in 2014 by the NIHR National Director for Dementia Research (NDDR) and the charity partners, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer Research UK, in response to the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge (2012), it was launched in February 2015 and has been run by CRNCC since 2016.
It enables the public to express an interest in participating in dementia research studies and provides an easy-to-access mechanism for researchers recruiting to ethically approved dementia studies, to find participants that match their study enrolment criteria. Since its launch, it has become the leading source of recruitment to dementia research studies across the United Kingdom, having delivered over 68,000 study enrolments into 646 studies, across 313 research sites. The service has attracted over 59,000 volunteers and has had 2,260 registered research users. Furthermore, the studies delivered have so far resulted in 134 peer-reviewed publications.
Agreement has been secured with DHSC for this JDR2 work on the basis that any resulting development will be used by the Be Part of Research Volunteer Service, also delivered by CRNC, to create a condition-agnostic registry and matching service, with agreement from DHSC and NHSE to position it as the Master Patient Registry within the UK, linking to other regional registries and conditions specific registries such as JDR2. This ongoing collaboration with NHSE will support their commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to recruit 1 million people to consent-to-contact registries.
The outputs from this work (Discovery & Alpha Phases) will either inform a decision to proceed with an updated business case to secure funding from DHSC for the Beta Phase and support costs or, less likely, a decision will be made not to proceed further with the project. The Beta Phase will be subject to a further open tender.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Methodology & Approach / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Planning / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Resource / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Architecture / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 20
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £800,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
5
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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
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Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
16 January 2023
Local time
2:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
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GO Reference: GO-20221213-PRO-21728406
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Telephone
+44 1133434104
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Telephone
+44 1133434104
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Telephone
+44 1133434104
Country
United Kingdom