Specialist Resources required to support Covid Vaccine Booking System and Child Health System

Concepts

• cardiff
• information technology
• oracle
• supported version
• specialist resources
• external specialist resources
• covid vaccine booking system
• child health system
• oracle support
• vaccine requirements

Location

United Kingdom: Across NHS Wales

Description

The Authority requires external specialist resources to complete the implementation of the Oracle platform upgrade, which both the Covid Vaccine Booking System and Child Health System are built upon. Upgrading to a supported version is both critical and mandatory and must be completed before the current version becomes end of life on 31st March 2022.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Authority has identified that Oracle support on the existing Oracle platform, which the Covid Vaccine booking system and the Child Health system, which registers and schedules immunisations, are built upon, becomes end of life on 31st March 2022. Upgrading to a supported version of the Oracle Platform which is the underpinning technology is both critical and mandatory to ensure that the vaccination programme is able to operate and take on the new challenges ahead. As internal resources have been diverted to support the Covid-19 Vaccine requirements it has been agreed at an executive level that the upgrade and associated packages of work to support the vaccine programme need to be sourced and delivered from a third-party supplier.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Additional work-packages may be called off as and when required but will be subject to Authority approval. The expenditure against this contract will be robustly managed and a close working relationship with the stakeholders will be developed to ensure that the call offs under this Contract are minimised.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 72212610 - Database software development services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

The Authority uses Oracle to deliver a number of its critical systems such as the Covid Vaccine booking system and the Child Health system, which registers and schedules immunisations. The Oracle upgrade required as part of the initial work-package is urgent and needs to be completed by 22nd March 2022. The Authority does not currently have the internal Oracle knowledge and expertise to deliver this requirement and as a result it was agreed that to ensure the upgrade was delivered at pace and within the necessary timescales, a the third-party provider would be engaged to provide their specialist Oracle resources. The utilisation of a third-party also enables the DHCW Team to continue working on other critical projects, such as Covid Vaccine developments. The third party supplier will provide the planning and management of the upgrade implementation and will deploy a team to deliver this activity and future activity, as opposed to the provision of a technical resource only. This gives the Authority greater flexibility and continuity to manage ongoing resource constraints. These resources are essential to support the delivery of the urgent Oracle upgrade required.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The total contract value, including extension options will not exceed 400,000 ex VAT. There is no commitment to spend up to this maximum value as the approach is to call off work-packages as and when required. The flexibility to call off additional support is required in the event of any issues arising during the current, critical work. The additional skill and capacity can then be called-off efficiently as and when required and applied to the DHCW Data team. (WA Ref:118033)