Patient/Carer Feedback Service Website has been closed on 14 Jan 2022. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
Bellow, you can find more information about this project:
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National Procurement, NHS Scotland
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Contact person: Paul McKinney
E-mail: paul.mckinney@nhs.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Body governed by public law
Health
Patient/Carer Feedback Service Website
72000000
Services
NHS NSS is acting on behalf of The Scottish Government Planning and Quality Division in procuring the appropriate technology and services to provide a Patient/Carer feedback website for NHS Scotland.
Value excluding VAT: 900 000.00 GBP
This contract is divided into lots: No
48000000
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Scotland
NHS NSS is acting on behalf of The Scottish Government Planning and Quality Division in procuring the appropriate technology and services to provide a Patient/Carer feedback website for NHS Scotland.
The requirement is for a website that enables people to post their experiences of receiving health and care services publicly online. Although anonymous, the site should record where the person is based (by postcode) and what service they are offering feedback about. The feedback will then be sent by the Service Provider to the appropriate healthcare service manager or clinician for a response or responses, which will be published online alongside the original post. The system will enable any resulting dialogue to be posted online in order to share learning and facilitate improvement. The service provider will be expected to provide training and support to organisations, throughout the contract, to encourage best use of feedback i improvement to services.
The service will be available to all NHS Territorial Boards and certain Special Boards in Scotland and should include provision to allow other health and social care providers to become registered responders. The site shall record whether each story is posted by a patient, service user, parent/guardian, family member, carer, member of staff, or someone posting on behalf of a patient or carer, and this information shall be made available in reports to registered organisations.
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Response to NHS NSS Requirements / Weighting: 85
Price / Weighting: 15
Value excluding VAT: 900 000.00 GBP
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
Variants will be accepted: No
Options: No
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
The budget for the specification is 800000 GBP over a 4 year term. However, the value may increase by up to 100000 GBP for extension pilot programmes.
List and brief description of conditions:
All suppliers bidding for this requirement must submit a completed Single Procurement Document (SPD), which can be found within project 20258 on PCS-Tender.
List and brief description of selection criteria:
SPD Q.4B.1.1: Bidders are required to provide statement of accounts or extracts relating to their business for the previous 3 years.
Where any are risks identified by the Authority as part of the due diligence carried out on the above information the Authority may require bidders to provide additional information to demonstrate financial standing. Additional information can include but not be limited to:
- parent company accounts (if applicable)
- deeds of guarantee
- bankers statements and references
- accountants’ references
- management accounts
- financial projections, including cash flow forecasts
- details and evidence of previous contracts, including contract values
- capital availability.
Bidders who cannot provide suitable evidence of a secure financial standing may be excluded from the procurement.
Q.4B.5.1 and Q.4B.5.2: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employers liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;
Public liability insurance: 1 000 000 GBP;
Professional indemnity insurance: 1 000 000 GBP.
List and brief description of selection criteria:
SPD 4C.1.2 Please provide details of three relevant examples of services carried out during the last three years.
4.C.2 Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies such as ISO or equivalent who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control. Please provide examples such as the following:
- Cyber Essentials
- ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems
- ISO 27001 - Information Security Management
- ISO 27017 - Code of practice for information security controls
- ISO 27018 - Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
- UK Government 14 Cloud Security Principles
Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
4C.6: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications relevant to the services outlined in the Contract Notice. Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
And:
4C.6.1: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider's managerial staff have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other
professional qualifications relevant to the services outlined in the Contract Notice.
Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
4C.7: Bidders will be required to confirm that they will employ environmental management measures that meet the following requirements:
Compliance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE).
4C.10: Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
Open procedure
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Date: 14/01/2022
Local time: 12:00
EN
Date: 14/01/2022
Local time: 12:00
This is a recurrent procurement: No
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
The budget for the specification is 800000 GBP over a 4 year term. However, the value may increase by up to 100000 GBP for extension pilot programmes.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The Public Sector in Scotland is committed to the delivery of high quality public services, and recognises that this is critically dependent on a workforce that is well-rewarded, well-motivated, well-led, has access to appropriate opportunities for training and skills development, diverse and engaged in decision making. These factors are also important for workforce recruitment and retention, and thus continuity of service.
Public Bodies in Scotland are adopting fair work practices, which include:
— a fair and equal pay policy that includes a commitment to supporting the living wage, including, for example being a living wage accredited employer;
— clear managerial responsibility to nurture talent and help individuals fulfil their potential, including for example, a strong commitment to modern apprenticeships and the development of Scotland's young workforce;
— promoting equality of opportunity and developing a workforce which reflects the population of Scotland in terms of characteristics such
as age, gender, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation and disability;
— support for learning and development;
— stability of employment and hours of work, and avoiding exploitative employment practices, including for example no inappropriate use of zero-hours contracts;
— flexible working (including for example practices such as flexi-time and career breaks) and support for family friendly working and wider work life balance;
— support progressive workforce engagement, for example Trade Union recognition and representation where possible, otherwise alternative arrangements to give staff an effective voice.
In order to ensure the highest standards of service quality in this contract we expect contractors to take a similarly positive approach to fair work practices as part of a fair and equitable employment and reward package.
Bidders will need to describe how they will commit to fair work practices for workers (including any agency or subcontractor workers) engaged in the delivery of this contract.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 20258. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
(SC Ref:676273)
Sheriff Court House
27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
E-mail: edinburgh@scotcourts.gov.uk
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
10/12/2021
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