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Published 12 Jan 2023

Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) Access Services Extension

Crown Commercial Service · United Kingdom

Key facts

Estimated value
£500,000,000
Closing date
22 May 2028
Contract starts
23 May 2028
Contract ends
25 May 2028
Procedure
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Buyer type
Central government

Description

Crown Commercial Service (the Authority) has put in place a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of data access to the Health and Social Care Network compliant with the HSCN Compliance Document Set hosted on https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers (https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers). This DPS provides Services and associated services from HSCN Compliant suppliers, which are comprised ofthe Core Component and any Supplementary Component(s). The Core Component must include HSCN Connectivity Services as defined in the HSCN Obligations Framework that forms part ofthe HSCN Compliance Document Set as available at https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers (https://digital.nhs.uk/health-social-care-network/suppliers) The HSCN Connectivity Services may be managed and/or unmanaged and may have variables and options around its provision including, but not limited to: individual or multiple data connectivity circuits; individual or multiple data connectivity technologies, terrestrial, wireless and satellite solutions; blended (bonded/aggregated) bandwidth; flexible bandwidth; burstable bandwidth; resiliency level (including Non-Resilient ; Resilient ; Resilient - Diverse ; and Resilient - Fully Diverse); and / or multi-tenancy sites (including dynamic bandwidth allocation). The Supplementary Component(s) may include: cloud service access services; related consultancy services; Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Internet services, including but not limited to in-bound internet services and out-bound internet services; Contracting Body-defined VRFs; support for classes and/or qualities of service - Contracting Body-defined QoS; network related security and access control solutions; PSN Services; and/or services that facilitate voice solutions to operate across HSCN, Including but not limited to support for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking. Contracting Bodies will publish their Call for Competition(s) by electronic means including eTendering systems and reserve the right to use a reverse auction. A Call for Competition may include aggregated demand from multiple Contracting Bodies.

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