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West of England - Imaging Network Framework

Bristol & Weston NHS Purchasing Consortium

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Posted On:  15 May 2024

Open for bidding on:  15 May 2024

Response Deadline:  12 Jul 2024 4:00 AM PDT

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Opportunity Amount:	£5,000,000.00 to £50,000,000.00 GBP
Contract Length:	120 months
Response Deadline:	12 Jul 2024 4:00 AM PDT
	(Closed for response)
Posting ID:	19710254(Doc1979529596)
Posting Type:	Request for Information
Public Posting:	https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/19710254

Product and Service Categories  Medical software

Ship-to or Service Locations United Kingdom

Posting Summary

** Note to Bidders - please click on the 'respond to posting' yellow button at the top to enter the RFP site and see all information**


*** Dear Bidder,

Upon reviewing the Ariba site audit log, it has come to our attention that a number of providers who have logged into the system have not yet accepted the pre requisite questions within the Ariba site. Bidders should be aware that in order to gain access to the clarification responses on all clarifications, they must accept the pre requisites, logging them within the Ariba site.  

The clarification window where Bidders are able to ask clarification questions has been extended to the 20 th  of June 13.00. The Authority’s response to clarifications has also been extended, to the 27 th  of June 13.00. The deadline for bids to be submitted will remain the same, 12 th  of July 12.00 Noon. The West of England Imaging Network is committed to supporting Suppliers to provide quality responses to the ITT. These extensions have been put in place to ensure that all bidders have sufficient time to submit and review responses. It is also in recognition that as the procurement is being undertaken by the West of England Imaging Network, and as such some clarifications are requiring input from seven Trusts.  

Please let me know if you have any questions or issues.  

   
  
  

Trusts across the West of England are committed to the implementation of a digital technology infrastructure enabling radiology image sharing. The West of England Target Operating Model for imaging across the Network is to transform and develop imaging services to support growth in activity and complexity of clinical care pathways resulting in improved patient outcomes. Pivotal to the delivery of this vision is securing the digital infrastructure to share images and associated information between providers and consumers of imaging services. This sharing of images must be safe, timely, resilient and efficient.

This is a procurement for a single supplier framework which will be awarded to one supplier only to allow all trusts in the West of England Imaging Network to call off from for the following 4 lots.

1 PACS

2 RIS

3 A sharing solution

4 Associated Storage

Any bidder will need to bid for all 4 lots to be considered. The framework will be open for the maximum period of 4 years for Trusts to call off from with contract lengths for an anticipated 10 years as a maximum in a 5+3+2 contract, but may be for varying lengths in line with ambitions to have a co terminus end date for ease of network procurement at the end of the contracts.

The West of England Imaging Network consists of :

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

The aim of the framework is to allow Network Trusts to procure a single instance of PACS and RIS as and when it becomes viable in line with their current incumbent contracts. In addition, for the Trusts who are unable to join for a longer period of time due to their current contracts, this framework shall allow those Trusts to procure the sharing solution until such a time as they are able to join the single instance of PACS and RIS.

As the Network host, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will be the host of the framework, and the procurement will be run through Bristol and Weston Purchasing Consortium and as such will use their e-procurement system SAP Ariba, bidders will need register to ensure access to the tender.

Details, timelines and values are subject to change. Please register your interest to Fiona.Lowther@nbt.nhs.uk by the 5th of June 2024. This is not a mandatory requirement to bidding.