HSCN Procurement: Health and Social Care Network Peering Exchange Services

UK-London: Interconnection services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department of Health acting through Health and Social Care Information Centre (known as NHS Digital)
       Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS, United Kingdom
       Email: hscnproc@nhs.net
       Contact: Paul Lucas
       Main Address: http://digital.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   Health

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Health and Social Care Network Peering Exchange Services    
          Reference number: HCON00068c
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      64221000 - Interconnection services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      NHS Digital has been tasked with delivering a Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) programme which will provide a new and significantly different networking arrangements for health and social care as part of its remit to provide successor services to the current NHS N3 network. The HSCN will replace the current single-supplier N3 network with disaggregated and competitive multi-supplier marketplace for network services. The HSCN will create the effect of a single network across Heath and Social Care providers and their partners. The HSCN Peering Exchange Services will be a key supply chain component and will facilitate independent network interconnection between the disaggregated HSCN network service providers.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 12,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      32400000 - Networks.          
      48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package.          
      50312300 - Maintenance and repair of data network equipment.          
      51300000 - Installation services of communications equipment.          
      51611100 - Hardware installation services.          
      72250000 - System and support services.          
      72315000 - Data network management and support services.          
      72315100 - Data network support services.          
      72315200 - Data network management services.          
      72500000 - Computer-related services.          
      72700000 - Computer network services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
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   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         04/10/2016
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   Any interested supplier organisation is requested to complete the "HSCN Peering Exchange Services Feedback Template" by 17:00 on 22nd September 2016 via the Delta esourcing tool.

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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 09/09/2016