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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-026732/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Services

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Procurement and Logistics Service
Postal address: 77 Boucher Crescent
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT126HU
Country: United Kingdom
Email: ict.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available.
Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible,free of charge,at:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT 2

Reference number: 4459750
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
This document is made available to inform the market of an upcoming Competitive Tendering procedure.
Due to the changing nature of the Authority’s requirements, information given in this document is liable to change. Accurate information regarding the Tender process will be provided within the Tender documentation at point of publishing of the Competition.
The Authority is intending to engage in the procurement of a Technology Framework Agreement referred to as TFA2. The agreement will offer a wide range of equipment, software and services across two Lots.
The TFA2 intends to replace a previously established framework agreement, Technology Framework Agreement that commenced in 2019.
The proposed TFA2 will not be mandatory to use and will be non-exclusive. The framework agreement will be available for use by all Health and Social Care (HSC) entities and other HSC independent clinical contractor groups such as doctors, dentists, opticians etc.

II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer 1
II.2) Description:
II.2.1) Title: Lot 1 – Service Delivery, Transformation and Operational Services

Lot No:1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 72500000
Main CPV code: 30200000
Main CPV code: 30000000
Main CPV code: 30210000
Main CPV code: 30213000
Main CPV code: 30213100
Main CPV code: 30213200
Main CPV code: 30215000
Main CPV code: 30213300
Main CPV code: 30230000
Main CPV code: 30231000
Main CPV code: 30231300
Main CPV code: 30231200
Main CPV code: 30234000
Main CPV code: 30236000
Main CPV code: 31154000
Main CPV code: 30233000
Main CPV code: 32232000
Main CPV code: 32270000
Main CPV code: 32420000
Main CPV code: 32421000
Main CPV code: 32422000
Main CPV code: 79400000
Main CPV code: 79410000
Main CPV code: 72220000
Main CPV code: 48000000
Main CPV code: 32400000
Main CPV code: 32522000
Main CPV code: 51600000
Main CPV code: 51300000
Main CPV code: 50320000
Main CPV code: 50312300
Main CPV code: 50323000
Main CPV code: 51610000
Main CPV code: 50324200
Main CPV code: 51611100
Main CPV code: 51612000
Main CPV code: 50324100
Main CPV code: 50324000
Main CPV code: 45314320
Main CPV code: 50312000
Main CPV code: 72000000
Main CPV code: 80533100
Main CPV code: 50300000
Main CPV code: 79121100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
2.4.1. Lot 1 – Service Delivery, Transformation and Operational Services
• Supply of hardware including without limitation servers, storage devices, SAN infrastructure, backup devices, network switches, PCs, Laptops, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) equipment, mobile devices, printers, scanners, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, other hardware or devices used to deliver ICT services or interface with network attached medical devices;
• Supply of bespoke software, and off-the-shelf software products including, without limitation, operating systems, security products, business and utility products and general business applications;
• Supply of services such as support, technical and advisory services, relating to the Contract deliverables, both directly and using third party staff;
• The design and/or build and/or operation of systems / services that integrate as appropriate with the HSC infrastructure and applications. In such cases a supplier could be asked to do any or all of the lifecycle stages;
• Delivery of services and support, to a high level of availability, as required by clinically critical and business critical services within HSC;
• Application design;
• Application development;
• Application support (including bespoke developments);
• Best practice service management;
• Managing and working with multiple organisations (including potential competitors) to deliver products and services;
• Delivery of new services for Health and Social Care driven by new equipment and software solutions;
• Facilitating direct access to 3rd party sub-contractors and/or Consortium Member organisations if appropriate;
• Project/programme management and delivery of associated outputs;
• Configuration of applications, services and infrastructure solutions;
• Implementation of 3rd party applications and products e.g. deployment of Public Key Infrastructure, Data Encryption, Identity Management, VOIP and communication services;
• Management of multiple 3rd parties to deliver solutions e.g. solutions that includes network, hardware and software provision and management;
• Systems integration services e.g. interfacing systems via an Integration Broker;
• Support of desktop / email / UNIX / Windows;
• Purchase / support / implementation of 3rd party products e.g. clinical support systems;
• Technical refresh for projects e.g. desktop, servers, etc.;
• Provision of data cleansing / quality;
• Support of applications NOT developed by the Supplier e.g. developed by the Business Services Organisation (BSO) or 3rd party or any other HSC applications;
• Hosted or cloud-based services;
• Disposal services; and
• Other ICT services in support of HSC that may be requested during the life cycle of TFA provided that they are within the scope of those described in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) Notice.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.1) Title: Lot 2 – Technical Advice and Support

Lot No:2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 72500000
Main CPV code: 30200000
Main CPV code: 30000000
Main CPV code: 30210000
Main CPV code: 30213000
Main CPV code: 30213100
Main CPV code: 30213200
Main CPV code: 30215000
Main CPV code: 30213300
Main CPV code: 30230000
Main CPV code: 30231000
Main CPV code: 30231300
Main CPV code: 30231200
Main CPV code: 30234000
Main CPV code: 30236000
Main CPV code: 31154000
Main CPV code: 32232000
Main CPV code: 30233000
Main CPV code: 32270000
Main CPV code: 32420000
Main CPV code: 32421000
Main CPV code: 32422000
Main CPV code: 79400000
Main CPV code: 79410000
Main CPV code: 72220000
Main CPV code: 48000000
Main CPV code: 32400000
Main CPV code: 32522000
Main CPV code: 51600000
Main CPV code: 51300000
Main CPV code: 50320000
Main CPV code: 50312300
Main CPV code: 50323000
Main CPV code: 51610000
Main CPV code: 50324200
Main CPV code: 51611100
Main CPV code: 51612000
Main CPV code: 50324100
Main CPV code: 50324000
Main CPV code: 45314320
Main CPV code: 50312000
Main CPV code: 72000000
Main CPV code: 80533100
Main CPV code: 50300000
Main CPV code: 79121100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Technical advice and support for activities associated with the full project lifecycle. For clarity, such services must not be within the scope of Lot 1;
• Pre-procurement services to include user requirement definition and business case development;
• Capability analysis – identification of current business capability (as is) and future operating models (to be);
• Enterprise architecture assessment using the open group architecture framework (TOGAF) or similar;
• Technology gap assessments – the assessment and recommendation of the right technology to plug the capability gap between the as-is and the to-be;
• Business model development – identification of the correct commercial and operational models to deliver the technology strategy (insourced, outsourced or multi- sourced models);
• Architectures – identification of the correct technology architecture to deliver the technology strategy (e.g. in-house hosted, private cloud, hybrid or public cloud);
• Road-mapping – the development of technology roadmaps to co-ordinate the delivery of the technology strategy;
• Operational service design – working with Customers and End Users in order to design a service delivery model that meets the current and future business needs and demand;
• Demand management – capacity planning processes and systems;
• Risk management – ensuring proactive risk identification, mitigation and management to deliver service continuity and
• Security management – appropriate security protection in line with business needs.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2022-12-01
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
For further information please view the PIN CFT on etendersNI

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-09-23