West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an external supplier for its ICT infrastructure improvement programme. The value of the contract is expected to be between £30m and £50m.
The supplier chosen will be required to support the IT needs of about 3,950 full-time employees across three main sites and one satellite site, providing consulting, software development, internet services and support, including transition to and provision of the following services:
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• service desk services;
• service management;
• data networks;
• data management;
• information management;
• desktops, laptops and other end user devices;
• fully integrated unified communications (LAN, WAN and mobile connectivity);
• infrastructure;
• videoconferencing;
• fixed and mobile telephony;
• printing services;
• application hosting;
• transition and implementation services.
The initial duration of the contract is 60 months, with the possibility of extension for a maximum of 24 months thereafter.
The Trust is accepting initial bids from individual suppliers or consortia. In addition to meeting technical criteria, bidders will be required to demonstrate a turnover of at least £37m per annum in relation ICT infrastructure services for the past three financial years.
Further details of the contract are available on the TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) website. TED is the online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
