University of Leeds (PDVB-8476-PXMZ): PE2022-23/1815 Join Dementia Research 2 Public Web Service - Delivery of Discovery and Alpha phases

UK-Leeds: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       University of Leeds
       Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JZ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1133434104, Email: a.b.waters@leeds.ac.uk
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: www.leeds.ac.uk
       NUTS Code: UKE42

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Education

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: PE2022-23/1815 Join Dementia Research 2 Public Web Service - Delivery of Discovery and Alpha phases            
      Reference number: PE2022-23/1815

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: THIS IS A "CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE" - THIS TENDER IS NOW CLOSED. The outputs from this work (Discovery & Alpha Phases) will either inform a decision to proceed with an updated business case to secure funding from DHSC for the Beta Phase and support costs or, less likely, a decision will be made not to proceed further with the project. The Beta Phase will be subject to a further open tender.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 678,067
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKE42 - Leeds
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Leeds
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: THIS IS A "CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE" - THIS TENDER IS NOW CLOSED. The NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC) is hosted by the University of Leeds under contract from the Department of Health and Social Care. The Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre manages the Clinical Research Network (CRN) on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. The CRN is made up of 15 regional Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs) that cover the length and breadth of England. The current Join Dementia Research system was developed in 2014 by the NIHR National Director for Dementia Research (NDDR) and the charity partners, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer Research UK, in response to the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge (2012), it was launched in February 2015 and has been run by CRNCC since 2016. It enables the public to express an interest in participating in dementia research studies and provides an easy-to-access mechanism for researchers recruiting to ethically approved dementia studies, to find participants that match their study enrolment criteria. Since its launch, it has become the leading source of recruitment to dementia research studies across the United Kingdom, having delivered over 68,000 study enrolments into 646 studies, across 313 research sites. The service has attracted over 59,000 volunteers and has had 2,260 registered research users. Furthermore, the studies delivered have so far resulted in 134 peer-reviewed publications. Agreement has been secured with DHSC for this JDR2 work on the basis that any resulting development will be used by the Be Part of Research Volunteer Service, also delivered by CRNC, to create a condition-agnostic registry and matching service, with agreement from DHSC and NHSE to position it as the Master Patient Registry within the UK, linking to other regional registries and conditions specific registries such as JDR2. This ongoing collaboration with NHSE will support their commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to recruit 1 million people to consent-to-contact registries. The outputs from this work (Discovery & Alpha Phases) will either inform a decision to proceed with an updated business case to secure funding from DHSC for the Beta Phase and support costs or, less likely, a decision will be made not to proceed further with the project. The Beta Phase will be subject to a further open tender.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Methodology & Approach / Weighting: 30
      Quality criterion - Name: Planning / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Resource / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Architecture / Weighting: 10
                  
      Price - Weighting: 20
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/DQ59P4UXR9


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Competitive Dialogue


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2022/S 000-035296
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: 1    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Join Dementia Research 2 Public Web Service - Delivery of Discovery & Alpha Phases

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 12/04/2023

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 10
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Kainos Software Limited, NI019370
             4-6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, BT7 1NT, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 2890571100, Email: presales@kainos.com
             Internet address: https://www.kainos.com/
             NUTS Code: UKN06
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 678,067          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 678,067
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=775349150

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          University of Leeds
          Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JZ, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1133434104

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          University of Leeds
          Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JZ, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1133434104

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          University of Leeds
          Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JZ, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1133434104

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 13/04/2023