Storage, Retrieval, Destruction & Scanning of Multi Health Board Documents

Descriptions

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, on behalf of other Health Boards/Trusts, are seeking to appoint one or more suppliers to establish contract(s) for the Storage, Retrieval, Destruction & Scanning of Multi Health Board Documents. Multiple Health Boards & Trusts across Wales have a requirement for physical document storage, archiving, scanning and restoration. The documents include medical records, clinical research records, screening slides and comprise of highly sensitive patient information that have a legal requirement to be retained for a set period. It is a requirement to retain paper records in accordance with applicable legislation (e.g. Public Records Act 1958, Access to Health Records Act 1990, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Inquiries Act 2005 and Data Protection Act 2018) as well as guidance set out in the NHS Wales Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2022. This contract will encompass all documents that require storage, retrieval, archiving and potential scanning and or destruction. This contract is to be managed by Cardiff and Vale, on behalf of The Trust & Health Boards including: • Cardiff & Vale University Health Board • Velindre University NHS Trust • Public Health Wales Trust • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership • Primary Care (IP5) • Other Health Boards & Trusts could onboard during the life of the contract In order to ensure the Health Board has the correct provisions, the contract will be broken down and evaluated based on 3 lots. The aim of the procurement is to award 1 or more supplier, per Health Board/Trust, per lot to ensure each Health Board/Trust can appoint the most suitable provider for their requirements. Lot 1 - Storage, Collection, Transportation & Destruction of Documents: Approximately 122,000 boxes of documents require storage, with the potential for this number to increase or decrease within the lifetime of the contract. Lot 2 - Scanning: Due to the ever-growing number of records requiring storage, and the digital infrastructure that is growing, Health Boards and Trust are looking to undertake a digital scanning programme and a wider adoption of electronic in the near future. Lot 3 - Restoration: This relates to restoration of goods damaged by the following eventualities including, but not limited to: Flood, fire, natural disasters, unexpected weather events Qualification Questionnaire: The main purpose of the Qualification is to enable Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to select suitably qualified suppliers with whom it will invite tenders with a view to becoming a supplier of the Health Board. The suppliers who pass the qualification will progress to have their Technical submission evaluation. The qualification questionnaire will be evaluated based on the criteria outlined within the 'Qualification Questionnaire'. Bidders failing to meet the criteria will be disqualified from further participation in the tender process and will be notified at point of disqualification. Qualitative and financial: 70/30. The scoring criteria is a combination of pass/fail and scored questions. The questionnaires sheets must be completed in full. Scoring is based on the details provided in the response. Failure to provide a response may result in the bid being deemed as non-compliant. If a Bid is deemed to be non-compliant it will be rejected and disqualified from further participation in this Procurement. Pass/ Fail: Bidders must submit a written response in relation to each of the pass/fail criteria to enable the evaluation team to determine that you meet the basic requirements of the tender. Bidders who fail to provide a response that would satisfy a pass to the Health Boards requirements will not progress to the scored element of the evaluation as their Bid will be deemed as non-compliant and disqualified from further participation in the tender. Bidders will be notified at point of failure. Please note additional information on this procurement:1. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract.2. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract asset out in the ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.3. The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date.4. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling.5. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.6. Prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board.7. Bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo e-tenderwales portal to gain full visibility of the tender documentation.