Artificial Intelligence Solutions

A Tender Notice
by HEALTHTRUST EUROPE LLP (HTE) ACTING AS AGENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST ("UHCW")

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Dps (Services)
Duration
23.5 month
Value
£-£100M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
18 Aug 2023
Delivery
To 10 Aug 2025 (est.)
Deadline
21 Aug 2023 15:00

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

Description

HealthTrust Europe are seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System for Diagnostic and Operational AI for the benefit of Trusts, Hospitals, Community Hospitals and other health facilities in the health economy. This will include, but is not limited to the supplier of Diagnostic and/or Operational AI tools, algorithms, analytics in existence, or developed in conjunction with a customer. For clarity, this opportunity is the same opportunity as published under Contract Notice number 2022/S 000-000566. Suppliers who are already awarded to a specific lot via the DPS do not need to resubmit a bid for admission to this DPS.

Lot Division

1 Clinical AI Solutions

This Lot will cover all diagnostic AI tools, algorithms and analytics, including but not limited to Radiology, Pathology and any other diagnostic department that many have a requirement. TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI).The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATIONThis exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk atsid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the ITT on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical & Commercial Envelopes of the ITT in full.

2 Non-Clinical AI Solutions

The scope of this Lot is to provide Participating Authorities with 'off the shelf' AI Solutions that are immediately available for deployment within their organisation. The AI Solution may support any form of workflow or pathway, in a non-clinical setting. This Lot will not cover any clinical AI Solutions. Types of AI within the scope of this Lot includes, but is not limited to, the following: Augmented decision making Prioritisation Data analytics Communication analytics ChatBots / Virtual Assistants Robotic Process Automation Applications Machine Learning Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Cognitive Computing TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI).The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATIONThis exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk atsid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the ITT on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical & Commercial Envelopes of the ITT in full.

3 AI Development Solutions

The scope of this Lot is to enable Suppliers to work with Participating Authorities to develop bespoke AI Solutions jointly for any clinical or non-clinical workflow or pathway. Development of AI Solutions may be done so utilising either Parties data and information, to be confirmed on a case by case basis. This Lot will cover all services and solutions associated with the Supplier providing its expertise and resource to develop bespoke AI Solutions in partnership with a Participating Authority. This Lot will support the Supplier to deliver AI development in partnership with the Participating Authority, including, but not limited to, within the following areas: Augmented decision making Prioritisation Data analytics Communication analytics ChatBots / Virtual Assistants Robotic Process Automation Clinical Image Analysis Diagnostic and or Screening AI Tools Applications Machine Learning Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Cognitive Computing TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI).The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATIONThis exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk atsid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the ITT on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical & Commercial Envelopes of the ITT in full.

4 AI Validation Services and Supporting Software

The scope of this Lot is to support the deployment of an AI Solution as required. This Lot will cover all software, tools, platforms or services associated with the deployment of an AI Solution, including but not limited to, the implementation, integration or management of an AI Solution. This Lot will also include any supporting tool in the validation for use of any AI Solution. The intention of this Lot is for the Supplier to support the Participating Authority with smooth validation, implementation or deployment of an AI Solution. TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI).The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement and any resulting Call-Off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATIONThis exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk atsid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the ITT on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical & Commercial Envelopes of the ITT in full.

Renewal Options

Following the Initial Term, at HTE's absolute discretion, there will be an option to extend for up to a further 8 periods of 12 months, up to a maximum of 10 Years.

CPV Codes

  • 72212460 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services
  • 33124110 - Diagnostic systems
  • 48328000 - Image-processing software package
  • 48461000 - Analytical or scientific software package
  • 72300000 - Data services
  • 48460000 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package
  • 48814400 - Clinical information system
  • 72212000 - Programming services of application software
  • 72212328 - Image-processing software development services
  • 72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services
  • 72243000 - Programming services
  • 72262000 - Software development services
  • 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users: (1) All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to (i) acute trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx); (ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx); (iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx); (v) ambulance trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx (vi) area teams (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx); (viii) NHS England; and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks. (2) All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (as listed at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure. (3) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health & Social Care), including but not limited to:(I) health and social care trusts (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=Trust (ii) health agencies (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=health+agencies (iii) hospitals (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=hospitals; and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board. (4) Social enterprises undertaking some or all of the previous service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies listed on the Companies House WebCheck service). (5) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, nondepartmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (as listed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations). (6) Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the UK, including but not limited to the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (as listed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/publicbodies/about/Bodies), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (as listed at: http://www.assembly.wales/en/abthome/role-of-assembly-how-it- works/Pages/governanceof- wales.aspx (7) All local authorities (as listed at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1) (8) The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence). This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisation.

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