Northern Ambulance Alliance (NAA) Common CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system

Concepts

• yorkshire ambulance service nhs trust
• wakefield
• software package
• northern ambulance alliance
• ambulance services
• information systems
• cad services
• behalf of the naa common cad project
• naa common cad framework
• intention of the participating naa trusts

Location

Yorkshire and the Humber:

Description

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the contracting authority (the “Authority”) for the appointment of a single supplier to a framework (the “Framework”) on behalf of the NAA Common CAD project. NAA consists of the four Ambulance Services covering the North of England and East Midlands ie North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. This is a collaborative procurement between Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust and East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (together the “Participating NAA Trusts”) for the provision of a Common CAD solution.

Total Quantity or Scope

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework with one (1) single economic operator. The NAA Common CAD Framework will comprise CAD services for three Service Lines (ie 999, 111, and Patient Transport Services) each capable of being called off independently or in any permutation at differing times, with associated infrastructure, delivery, development, support, and training services. The Framework contract is for a duration of seven (7) years. Individual call offs can be up to ten (10) years, with optional 3 x 12 month extensions. The intention of the Participating NAA Trusts referenced above is to call off each of the Service Lines for which they will contract from the Framework for an initial period of 10 years plus optional extensions of up to a total of 3 years.The Authority seeks to determine the most economically advantageous tender through an evaluation against both price and quality criteria. The Authority holds no preference with regards to the service delivery architecture (such as cloud, hosted, on premise) and will evaluate all submissions based on the criteria specified within the procurement documentation in order to realise the project’s aims and objectives.The project’s aims and objectives are detailed in the procurement documentation, available as described herein, and encompass the realisation of benefits including improved service efficiency and patient care from cross organisation and cross Service Line interoperability. The associated Framework and call-off contracts will allow a route to contract that presents an assured and transparent methodology and structure.To apply for this opportunity please register on, or visit our ATAMIS procurement portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

CPV Codes

• 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

The Framework is to be available to the Participating NAA Trusts referenced above and any other in-scope organisation (as set out below at section VI.3).To apply for this opportunity please register on ATAMIS portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** An interested parties conference will take place virtually via MS Teams on 15/12/22 at 9-11am GMT. The link to the conference can be obtained by contacting yas.naa@nhs.net. The Authority will present an overview of the invitation to tender (“ITT") and provide an opportunity for clarification questions. Any such questions will be logged and responses will subsequently be circulated to all Tenderers via the Atamis portal as soon as possible after the conference. It should be noted that this is not intended to exclude any subsequent requests for clarification which will be resolved by the clarification process described in the procurement documentation. Tenderers who submit a valid Tender will be expected to deliver an in person presentation and demonstration following submission. Tenderers must notify the Authority of their intention to bid and consequently the request for a presentation and demonstration session by 20/1/2023. Following receipt of an intention to bid, the Tenderer will be notified of provisional details of timings, venue and attendees for the presentation and demonstration session, to be confirmed following receipt of a valid Tender.