CHIS East Anglia - Market Engagement Questionnaire

The purpose of this Notice is to advise the market of a forthcoming procurement for a Child Health Information Service within East Anglia. Potential providers are requested to complete an online questionnaire in order to contribute to the development of the service. A draft specification is available with the questionnaire.

The questionnaire should be completed by 12 noon on Monday 4th July 2016 and instructions on how to access it are given below.

Providers completing the questionnaire may be invited to a market engagement event provisionally to be held on 8th July, between 11am and 1pm, but further details will be made available in due course if this is required.

The Child Health Information Service (CHIS) is a patient administration service which will provide an essential function ensuring that key demographics and clinical information is held and maintained on the Child Health Information System for all children aged 0-19 years that are residents, are registered with a GP within the local population, or are the responsibility of the Local Authority. This includes children moving in and out of the area to other CHIS responsible areas or out of the country. There are currently four providers of the services in the area and the intention is to award one contract to cover Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The contract will be the NHS Standard Contract, with an initial period of three years and the option to extend for up to two further years (maximum contract length five years).

The current contracts all end on 31st March 2017 and the new contract will start on 1st April 2017.

Staff are currently employed on the four existing contracts so it is likely that TUPE will apply to this procurement.

The Invitation to Tender (ITT) is intended to be published at the end of July 2016.

The procurement processes will be run in accordance with Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.   Suppliers Instructions: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (only required once) — Browse to the Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your business and user details —Click ‘Save' when complete — You will receive an e-mail with your unique password 2. Express an Interest in the opportunity — Log in to the portal — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link.— Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. — Access the attachment by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the questionnaire — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details'; you can ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond'— Follow on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT —Submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page.