All Wales Costing System

Concepts

• nhs wales
• wales
• cardiff
• software package
• information systems
• wales patient costing system
• trust’s annual statutory welsh costing returns
• system
• welsh health boards
• continuity of service of its current

Location

Wales:

Description

NHS Wales intends to procure a 12 month agreement to ensure continuity of service of its current All Wales Patient Costing System, whilst it completes a new procurement process for a longer term solution. Current users are predominantly seven integrated Welsh Health Boards (HBs) and Velindre University NHS Trust (which provides a specialist cancer service in Wales).

Total Quantity or Scope

As per the short description provided additionally the use of the current sole supplier solution will continue for the 12 month period whilst the open competition is undertaken. All services to support the delivery of current Welsh Government reporting requirements to complete the Health Board/Trust’s annual statutory Welsh Costing Returns (WCR’s) as submitted to Welsh Government. Suppliers are encouraged to view the new opportunity already published. Further information for which is provided in Section v1.3 of this notice.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 48000000 - Software package and information systems
• 72310000 - Data-processing services

Legal Justification

NHS Wales are currently undertaking an exercise to procure a new system that will replace the current Patient Level Costing System. It is vital in the meantime that the current system continues to run, ensuring Welsh government reporting requirements are satisfied. This is to ensure that Welsh Government statutory returns can continue be produced, and essential business intelligence information is available to Health Boards/Trusts. The organisation intends to use the negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with the use of Public Contract Regulations 2015 32 (2)(b)(ii) and (iii), competition is absent for technical reasons and additionally (2)(b)(iii) - the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NHS Wales intends to award an agreement to Assista Ltd for a period of 12 months. NHS Wales is also currently running an open competitive tender process, which can be accessed under the following reference: OJEU reference number: 2023-131161 Bravo ITT Reference: 102478 To complete your formal proposal, of the new opportunity please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation. 1. Register your company https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register. 2. Express an Interest in the tender: - Click "ITT open to all suppliers" - Click ITT _102478 and express interest - This will move the ITT into your "my ITTs" page - You can access any attachments by clicking "buyer attachments" in the "ITT details" box 3. Responding to the tender - Click "my response" under "ITT details", you can choose to "create response" or to "decline to respond" - You can now use the "messages" function to communicate - NOTE: Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Social Value/ Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic, environmental and social objectives. The Social Value/Community Benefits included in this contract are: Detailed in the tender documentation NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=131880. (WA Ref:131880)