Official UK procurement notice
Procurement for the Establishment of a Consultancy Dynamic Purchasing System 2.0 to NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSCW has a combination of skills and expertise which mean that we are very well placed to support health and care organisations and systems to address their challenges. In order to complement these capabilities and to enhance our capacity to provide support, SCW is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of suitably qualified organisations that can provide a range of project-based consultancy services, normally working as part of blended teams with SCW staff and associates, delivering services to our customers.
Along with proven technical expertise, it is vital that potential providers understand the health and care environment that we operate in. This should include an excellent understanding of the wider direction of travel for health and care in the context of the national agenda and local drivers.
The DPS is being let in 6 Lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Clinical Measurement - Clinical Measurement
Lot 2 - Clinical Measurement - Health Economics
Lot 3 - Digital Transformation
Lot 4 - System Transformation
Lot 5 - Turnaround - Workforce
Lot 6 - Turnaround - Specialist Services
The DPS will be let for a period of 5 years (period of validity). The maximum value across all Lots of the DPS over the 5-year term is £200m inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT. This DPS is for the use of SCW and NHS England through it's other Commissioning Support Units.
To submit a bid, you will need to be registered on the Atamis system and 'express an interest', and then complete a response as specified within the procurement documents.
Interested suppliers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement system Atamis, available on the following link:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Bids must be received via the Atamis e-procurement system by no later than midday on 13 January 2023.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Project management consultancy services
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 6 and win at most 6 of themEvery one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £200,000,000: it is the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Clinical Measurement - Clinical Measurementceiling above
Lot 1 - Clinical Measurement - Clinical Measurement
a. Data:
- Significant expertise in using data and measurement to support quality improvement
- Capacity to carry out data linkage and analysis, and experience of seeking out and securing new data (beyond NHS data) to create better data linkages
- Clinical grouping, case mix adjustment and predictive analytics
- Experience creating new approaches to analysing data to complement gaps in existing data
- Significant clinical expertise in order to use and interpret data from a clinical and operational perspective
- Expertise in using qualitative data where possible in national and other datasets
b. Knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge in and experience of the way that the NHS operates in England and the current challenges of measuring and improving patient care
- Understanding of using information to support service change
- Experience of delivering training and supporting users of information
c. Capability and capacity:
- Strong communication skills to work with a broad range of stakeholders both locally and nationally, and to communicate effectively with NHS and partner organisations, patients and the public
- Credibility, influencing, and leadership skills to earn trust and convincingly advance the case for change, supported by relevant data
- Ability to provide an independent, transparent and complete perspective in all work, with the aim of ensuring outputs in all activity have the utmost clinical relevance and accuracy
Lot 2 - Clinical Measurement - Health Economics
a. Knowledge and experience:
- Significant expertise in the use of health economics approaches in order to evaluate service changes and other interventions, including educational, system and organisational change programmes within the NHS
- Experience in modelling to understand drivers of service costs and outcomes
- Knowledge in and experience of the way that the NHS operates in England and Wales and the current challenges of measuring and improving the quality and value of health services
b. Capability and capacity:
a. Strong communication skills to work with a broad range of stakeholders and data sources both locally and nationally, and to communicate effectively with NHS and stakeholder organisations, patients and the public
b. Credibility, influencing, and leadership skills to earn trust and convincingly advance the case for change, supported by relevant data
c. Ability to provide an independent, transparent and complete perspective in all work, with the aim of ensuring outputs in all activity have the utmost relevance and accuracy
Lot 3 - Digital Transformation
a. Information Strategy (e.g., IT governance, IT strategy and planning, Information security)
b. Technical strategy and planning (e.g., Emerging technologies, Solution architecture)
c. Business change implementation (e.g., portfolio/programme/project management and associated support)
d. Business change management (e.g., business analysis, benefits management, organisational design)
e. Development and implementation (e.g., system design, network design, testing)
f. User experience (e.g., user experience design and evaluation)
g. Integration (e.g., systems integration, specifically within a healthcare setting)
Lot 4 - System Transformation
a. Delivering Improvement and Efficiency (e.g., system design, behaviour change, pathway design, Financial / activity analysis, modelling & assurance, financial sustainability and turnaround)
b. Health and Care Strategic Planning (e.g., Health and Care strategy and planning, horizon scanning, research, evidence, clinical effectiveness and insight)
c. Business change implementation (e.g., portfolio/programme/project management and associated support, evaluation)
d. Business change management (e.g., business analysis, benefits management, organisational design and development)
e. Primary Care Transformation (e.g., at scale provision, sustainability & resilience programmes)
f. Organisational Development, Behavioural Change & System Leadership incl. workforce modelling, design, planning & change management)
g. Organisational Design, System Governance & Frameworks
Lot 5 - Turnaround - Workforce
a. Dynamic modelling capability that can flex within the changing NHS environment, being able to be rapidly adapted and customised
b. Support the ability to link between NHS and non-NHS data sets to model and scenario test different outcomes
c. Provision of reporting capabilities that can be tailored to various customer needs
d. Solutions must simplify annual and monthly commissioning processes
e. Solutions must have functionality to support multiple years of planning cycles, forecast scenario testing and pathway analysis
f. Solutions must have the capability to perform business case modelling (i.e. contract monitoring, performance, sustainability and transformation plan monitoring, population analytics, contract baselining, contract offers, GP budget monitoring)
g. Solutions must be able to support the addition of new customers and their associated data sets and report in a timely manner
h. Needs to be able to run adjustments to base data and refresh and report the reprocessed data
i. Solutions need to be in real time
j. Solutions need to allow for a robust process of decommissioning customers with the removal and archiving of associated data and reports
k. Solutions should have data management policies and capabilities to enable archiving of historical data and reports
l. Solutions need to be user configurable and run full audit trails from base data through adjustments to the final report
Lot 6 - Turnaround - Specialist Services
a. Dynamic modelling capability that can flex within the changing NHS environment, being able to be rapidly adapted and customised
b. Support the ability to link between NHS and non-NHS data sets to model and scenario test different outcomes
c. Provision of reporting capabilities that can be tailored to various customer needs
d. Solutions must s…
Lot #2Clinical Measurement - Health Economicsceiling above
Lot 2 - Clinical Measurement - Health Economics
a. Knowledge and experience:
- Significant expertise in the use of health economics approaches in order to evaluate service changes and other interventions, including educational, system and organisational change programmes within the NHS
- Experience in modelling to understand drivers of service costs and outcomes
- Knowledge in and experience of the way that the NHS operates in England and Wales and the current challenges of measuring and improving the quality and value of health services
b. Capability and capacity:
a. Strong communication skills to work with a broad range of stakeholders and data sources both locally and nationally, and to communicate effectively with NHS and stakeholder organisations, patients and the public
b. Credibility, influencing, and leadership skills to earn trust and convincingly advance the case for change, supported by relevant data
c. Ability to provide an independent, transparent and complete perspective in all work, with the aim of ensuring outputs in all activity have the utmost relevance and accuracy Additional information: The services are subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Lot #3Digital Transformationceiling above
Lot 3 - Digital Transformation
a. Information Strategy (e.g., IT governance, IT strategy and planning, Information security)
b. Technical strategy and planning (e.g., Emerging technologies, Solution architecture)
c. Business change implementation (e.g., portfolio/programme/project management and associated support)
d. Business change management (e.g., business analysis, benefits management, organisational design)
e. Development and implementation (e.g., system design, network design, testing)
f. User experience (e.g., user experience design and evaluation)
g. Integration (e.g., systems integration, specifically within a healthcare setting) Additional information: The services are subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Lot #4System Transformationceiling above
Lot 4 - System Transformation
a. Delivering Improvement and Efficiency (e.g., system design, behaviour change, pathway design, Financial / activity analysis, modelling & assurance, financial sustainability and turnaround)
b. Health and Care Strategic Planning (e.g., Health and Care strategy and planning, horizon scanning, research, evidence, clinical effectiveness and insight)
c. Business change implementation (e.g., portfolio/programme/project management and associated support, evaluation)
d. Business change management (e.g., business analysis, benefits management, organisational design and development)
e. Primary Care Transformation (e.g., at scale provision, sustainability & resilience programmes)
f. Organisational Development, Behavioural Change & System Leadership incl. workforce modelling, design, planning & change management)
g. Organisational Design, System Governance & Frameworks Additional information: The services are subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Lot #5Turnaround - Workforceceiling above
Lot 5 - Turnaround - Workforce
a. Dynamic modelling capability that can flex within the changing NHS environment, being able to be rapidly adapted and customised
b. Support the ability to link between NHS and non-NHS data sets to model and scenario test different outcomes
c. Provision of reporting capabilities that can be tailored to various customer needs
d. Solutions must simplify annual and monthly commissioning processes
e. Solutions must have functionality to support multiple years of planning cycles, forecast scenario testing and pathway analysis
f. Solutions must have the capability to perform business case modelling (i.e. contract monitoring, performance, sustainability and transformation plan monitoring, population analytics, contract baselining, contract offers, GP budget monitoring)
g. Solutions must be able to support the addition of new customers and their associated data sets and report in a timely manner
h. Needs to be able to run adjustments to base data and refresh and report the reprocessed data
i. Solutions need to be in real time
j. Solutions need to allow for a robust process of decommissioning customers with the removal and archiving of associated data and reports
k. Solutions should have data management policies and capabilities to enable archiving of historical data and reports
l. Solutions need to be user configurable and run full audit trails from base data through adjustments to the final report Additional information: The services are subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Lot #6Turnaround - Specialist Servicesceiling above
Lot 6 - Turnaround - Specialist Services
a. Dynamic modelling capability that can flex within the changing NHS environment, being able to be rapidly adapted and customised
b. Support the ability to link between NHS and non-NHS data sets to model and scenario test different outcomes
c. Provision of reporting capabilities that can be tailored to various customer needs
d. Solutions must simplify annual and monthly commissioning processes
e. Solutions must have functionality to support multiple years of planning cycles, forecast scenario testing and pathway analysis
f. Solutions must have the capability to perform business case modelling (i.e. contract monitoring, performance, sustainability and transformation plan monitoring, population analytics, contract baselining, contract offers, GP budget monitoring)
g. Solutions must be able to support the addition of new customers and their associated data sets and report in a timely manner
h. Needs to be able to run adjustments to base data and refresh and report the reprocessed data
i. Solutions need to be in real time Additional information: The services are subject to the full regime of current procurement legislation and as such this tender will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
Applicants will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to the Selection Questionnaire.
- “Procurement for the Establishment of a Consultancy Dynamic Purchasing…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Dec 2022, 15:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2022, 15:41 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035545- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038ddcFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Bidders will be notified of award decisions and standstill periods will be observed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('Regulations').
Publisher note: Atamis: Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome In order to submit a bid, you will need to be registered on Atamis and 'express an interest', and then complete a Bid response as specified within the procurement documents. On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the system in times of absence. This Procurement Process will be conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Authority is not bound to accept any Bid and is not liable for any costs or expenditure incurred by those expressing an interest or submitting a Bid for this opportunity.
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Dec 2022 → 13 Jan 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published15 Dec 2022, 15:41 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria