UK

Prior information notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/09/2020

Expire date: 25/09/2020

External Reference: 2020-507607

TED Reference: 2020/S 184-445367

Prior information notice

Prior information notice

Supplies

Directive 2014/24/EU

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium
RVJ
Princess Campbell Offices, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Road
Bristol
UK
Contact person: BWPC Robert Walker
Telephone: +44 1174142666
E-mail: Robert.Walker2@nbt.nhs.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/bristol-weston-nhs-purchasing-consortium

Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium
RVJ
Princess Campbell Offices, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Road
Bristol
UK
E-mail: Robert.Walker2@nbt.nhs.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/bristol-weston-nhs-purchasing-consortium

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement
I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=34512&B=NHSSW
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
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

BNSSG Learning Management System
Reference number:  BWPCIT1381
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48000000  -  Software package and information systems
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

This notice is published for the purpose of early market engagement only.
As part of the Healthier Together Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), Health and Social Care partner organisations within Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) are seeking to engage with suppliers for a single consistent and standardised Learning Management System as our main tool for developing and managing learning content and staff training booking and availability; tracking and reporting training compliance and easily and efficiently managing an automated process for the transfer of staff training records between BNSSG partner organisations. This Learning Management system would also need to effectively interface with staff appraisal and HR systems.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48190000  -  Educational software package
48931000  -  Training software package
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Healthier Together Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) wish to undertake a market engagement exercise to inform the procurement strategy for a consistent and standardised Learning Management System across BNSSG, which is planned to be undertaken during early 2021.
The Healthier Together Learning Academy is a collaborative space to facilitate system-wide conversation and deliver integrated learning & development for the (BNSSG) health and social care workforce in order to provide consistent and standardised training at scale,improving quality and reducing overheads as well as reducing the cost of staff moving between employers.
It is focused on targeted priorities to deliver maximum system-wide impact and benefit for the present and future workforce; and one of these key priorities is for system partners to collaborate and secure the procurement of a consistent and standardised Learning Management System across BNSSG to bring considerable impact for sharing training resources and transferring training records between organisations.
Current participating partner organisations are University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Sirona Care and Health CIC, BNSSG Primary Care, BNSSG Social Care, the BNSSG Clinical Commissioning Group and St Monica Trust.
II.2.14)

Additional information

To express an interest in the market engagement exercise an email must be sent to both contact email addresses listed below by 18:00 Friday 25th September 2020:
Robert Walker – IM&T Category Team – email address: Robert.Walker2@nbt.nhs.uk
Lauren Hicks – IM&T Cateogry Team – email address: Lauren.Hicks@nbt.nhs.uk
II.3)

Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

04/01/2021

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 : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

This notice is published for the purpose of early market engagement only. For the avoidance of doubt, this market consultation exercise implies no commercial commitment and is not a formal tender process. The information gathered will be used in the planning and conduct of any future procurement process, as well as developing the scope and specification of the requirement.
Following receipt of expressions of interest the project team will subsequently make arrangements for the next steps of the market engagement process.