CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Provision of a Validation Consultancy Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The WBS is seeking to appoint a consultancy to provide specialist advice and support to review the organisations existing Quality Management System focussing on aspects that may be impacted as the organisation moves towards a reliance on Cloud hosted systems. For instance, Strategic Direction and Transition Plan for Cloud, Supplier Assurance/ Audit, Quality Risk Management and Validation framework to provide organisational assurance on ongoing compliance to regulatory standards and best practice guidelines of the intricacies of working with Cloud hosted systems.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146800

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The estimated value of the contract is £50,000.00 excluding VAT

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, the contracting authority will not negotiate the terms. The Contracting Authority is proposing to use the Open Procedure to conduct this procurement.

Velindre University NHS Trust will award the contract as hosts of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services. For the avoidance of doubt, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership will be entering into the contract with the appointed provider.

All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the Contract in whole or in part. The contracting authority reserves the right to pause, halt and/or annul the tendering process and not to award the Contract.

To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender Wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation.

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

- Browse the eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register

- Accept the Ts and Cs and click 'continue'

- Enter your correct business/user details

2. Express and interest in the tender

- Log into the portal with the username/password

- Click the 'ITT Open to all suppliers' link

- Click on itt_114714

- Click the 'express interest' button at the top of the page

- This will move the ITT into your 'my ITT's page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

- You can now access any attachments by clicking 'buyer attachments' in the 'ITT details' box

3. Responding to the tender

- Click 'my response' under 'ITT details' and you can choose to 'create response' or to 'decline to respond'

(please give a reason if declining)

- You can now use the 'messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification

- Note the deadline for completion and then follow the on screen instructions to complete the tender

response.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

itt_114714

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:146800)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice