*AMENDED NOTICE* NHS Bradford, Calderdale, Greater Huddersfield, North Kirklees & Wakefield CCG's: Information Technology and Networking Services

NHS Calderdale CCG (as primary contract holder) on behalf of - (Calderdale, Greater Huddersfield, North Kirklees and Wakefield) and NHS Bradford District CCG (as primary contract holder) on behalf of - (Bradford City, Bradford District and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG's) intend to commission a range of information technology services for the 7 CCG's and their GP practices in two separate contractual arrangements, with an expectation of a single lead provider.

The service is anticipated to need a range of flexibility in terms of scope to meet the developing technological maturity of the NHS and changing requirements of the General practice landscape over the life of the contact. It is anticipated that the supplier will hold a contract for up to 7 and 8 years, and include General IT supporting functions of a comprehensive range of services and support innovation and transformation to meet a defined set of outcomes and performance measures.

The services to be provided will include (among others):

And will need to include Service desk, desktop management, infrastructure, server, Network services and management and cyber security services, NHS Registration card service provision and Email services and NHSMail management, Data storage, a range of innovation and development services, software web developments and project management, business change and clinical training services

The contract and winning bids will be partially determined through the process being undertaken. The value should be treated as essentially near approximation.

The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement and is not being used as a call for competition.

The PIN is intended to:

Inform the market of the potential future procurement process for IT services in the described CCGs areas above to therefore enable the market to begin to plan for this.

It is expected that the contract will be awarded to a single lead provider for the entirety of the service provision.

Contract details Start Date:

NHS Calderdale CCG - 1 April 2019 NHS Bradford CCG - 1 April 2020

Contract Values:

NHS Calderdale CCG - Circa £16.5 Million over the 8 years contract life.

NHS Bradford District CCG - Circa £8.8 Million over the 7 years contract life

Additional information: NHS Calderdale Commissioning Group is acting in its capacity as Lead Commissioner for the 4 CCG's. The list of CCGs participating in this collaborative contract is as follows:

NHS Bradford Districts Clinical Commissioning Group is acting in its capacity as Lead commissioner for the 3 CCG's. The list of CCGs participating in this collaborative contract is as follows:

This prior information notice does not commit the CCGs to undertake the procurement of the provision of the IT / Network Services. The CCGs have a right to withdraw this notice.

If you would to submit a tender for this service, please express your interest by registering on the BRAVO e-procurement portal website https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk. Once registered potential providers will be able to complete their submission. It is anticipated this procurement will open early autumn 2018.

For further information about these services please contact:

1. Ian Wightman - Head of Information management and Technology- NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group, F Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax HX3 5AX Ian.Wightman@calderdaleccg.nhs.uk

2. Simon Wilson - Deputy Director of Digital and Technology, NHS Bradford Districts CCG. Douglas Mill, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford BD5 7JR simon.wilson@bradford.nhs.uk

For further information about this procurement please contact:

Brenda Powell - Senior Procurement Officer, NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group, F Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax HX3 5AX brenda.powell@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk