Software package and information systems

Tender description

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is seeking to procure a fully managed software tool which will provide a total workforce management solution for use by all UK Ambulance Trusts. Only SCAS at this stage are committed to the solution but the contract will be open to all UK Ambulance Trusts to draw down on throughout its lifetime. Please see the following link for details of all the Ambulance Trusts who may draw down on the contract: https://aace.org.uk/uk-ambulance-service/map-of-nhs-ambulance-services/ SCAS, as lead contracting authority, is seeking via this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to engage with the market over the development of a system which will provide the all-encompassing system suitable for use by all Ambulance Trusts for a go live date for SCAS of 1 April 2022. SCAS is looking to engage with the market via a pre-tender Microsoft Teams facilitated virtual workshop from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thursday 17 December 2020 prior to issuing a contract notice on Thursday 14 January 2021 via the Open Procedure. Further information, including the timetable, is provided within the documents available from the SCAS e-tendering system via https://supplierlive.proactis2p.com The intention is to award a contract on 6 April 2021 and to commence the project to enable delivery of the new solution by the scheduled go live date of 1 April 2022. SCAS intend letting a contract for up to 10 years (an initial 5 years with the option to extend by multiples of one year up to a further five years). Other Ambulance Trusts would have the option of drawing down on the ensuing contract during its lifetime with the intention of a co-terminus date for all those Trusts utilising the contract opportunity. SCAS intends that the contract will involve a proactive Ambulance user group who will agree on the development pathway for each following year in conjunction with the Supplier for the benefit of all participating Trusts and, ultimately, the Trust’s patients. The system purchased by SCAS will also be made available to Isle of Wight NHS Trust as part of a co-operation set up between the two public bodies under Regulation 12(7). The procurement of this third-party supplier via a fully compliant OJEU process means that no private supplier has been placed "at an advantage vis-à-vis its competitors. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is seeking to procure a fully managed software tool which will provide a total workforce management solution for use by all UK Ambulance Trusts. Only SCAS at this stage are committed to the solution but the contract will be open to all UK Ambulance Trusts to draw down on throughout its lifetime. Please see the following link for details of all the Ambulance Trusts who may draw down on the contract: https://aace.org.uk/uk-ambulance-service/map-of-nhs-ambulance-services/ SCAS, as lead contracting authority, is seeking via this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to engage with the market over the development of a system which will provide an all-encompassing system suitable for use by all Ambulance Trusts for a go live date for SCAS of 1 April 2022. SCAS is looking to engage with the market via a pre-tender Microsoft Teams facilitated virtual workshop from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thursday 17 December 2020 prior to issuing a contract notice on Thursday 14 January 2021 via the Open Procedure. Further information, including the timetable, is provided within the documents available from the SCAS e-Sourcing Portal via https://supplierlive.proactis2p.com The intention is to award a contract on 6 April 2021 and to commence the project to enable delivery of the new solution by the scheduled go live date of 1 April 2022. SCAS intend letting a contract for up to 10 years (an initial five years with the option to extend by multiples of one year up to a further five years). Other Ambulance Trusts would have the option of drawing down on the ensuing Contract during its lifetime with the intention of a co-terminus date for all those Trusts utilising the Contract opportunity. SCAS intends that the contract will involve a proactive Ambulance user group who will agree on the development pathway for each following year in conjunction with the Supplier for the benefit of all participating Trusts and, ultimately, the Trust’s patients. The system purchased by SCAS will also be made available to Isle of Wight NHS Trust as part of a co-operation set up between the two public bodies under Regulation 12(7). The procurement of this third-party supplier via a fully compliant OJEU process means that no private supplier has been placed at an advantage vis-à-vis its competitors. At this stage there is no definite commitment from the other Ambulance Trusts to draw down under the Contract being let by SCAS, but a number of Trusts have expressed direct interest with at least one other Trust with a current Contract that is due to expire on 31 March 2022, enabling them to utilise the Contract scheduled to start on 1 April 2022. All Ambulance Trusts are happy to be named as potential beneficiaries of the contract to be let as a result of the contract notice scheduled to be issued on 14 January 2021. The estimated value is based upon all thirteen Ambulance Trusts drawing down on the ensuing contract.