Tender for Bradford and Airedale Community Equipment Service (BACES) IT
Main contract details
Opportunity Id
DN312650
Title
Tender for Bradford and Airedale Community Equipment Service (BACES) IT
Categories
72260000-5 - Software-related services
Description
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Provider (the Provider) to deliver a Community Equipment Services IT System(the System).
The proposed contract will be for an initial duration of five (5) years with a possible two (2) x twelve (12) months extensions.
The Bradford and Airedale Community Equipment Service (the Service) serves a population of over half a million people.
The Service provides a wide and varied range of nursing and “aids to daily living” equipment e.g. profiling beds, hoists, specialist mattresses, commodes etc. to help support people leaving hospital following discharge or prevent the necessity of a hospital admission. This equipment is provided under a loan agreement remaining the property of BACES. In 2016/2017 the service delivered upwards of 34,000 items therefore it is important to have tracking and traceability.
BACES currently uses a purchased system but is over twelve (12) years old and we a looking to replace this with a fully integrated IT solution
The system is intended to be accessed by (but not limited to)
• Approx. Forty (40) BACES staff; and
• In excess of two hundred (200) hospital and community based staff (Read only).
The Service currently operates on part software, part paper processes, the Service seeks to overcome the disadvantages of using a part paper based system by moving to a paperless system with real-time updates, hand held technology for the delivery processes and the barcode scanning of inventory assets both in the warehouse and in the community.
The Service currently has a central warehouse and 14 satellite stores and a delivery fleet of 11 of vehicles.
The proposed contract will be for an initial duration of five (5) years with a possible two (2) x twelve (12) months extensions.
The Bradford and Airedale Community Equipment Service (the Service) serves a population of over half a million people.
The Service provides a wide and varied range of nursing and “aids to daily living” equipment e.g. profiling beds, hoists, specialist mattresses, commodes etc. to help support people leaving hospital following discharge or prevent the necessity of a hospital admission. This equipment is provided under a loan agreement remaining the property of BACES. In 2016/2017 the service delivered upwards of 34,000 items therefore it is important to have tracking and traceability.
BACES currently uses a purchased system but is over twelve (12) years old and we a looking to replace this with a fully integrated IT solution
The system is intended to be accessed by (but not limited to)
• Approx. Forty (40) BACES staff; and
• In excess of two hundred (200) hospital and community based staff (Read only).
The Service currently operates on part software, part paper processes, the Service seeks to overcome the disadvantages of using a part paper based system by moving to a paperless system with real-time updates, hand held technology for the delivery processes and the barcode scanning of inventory assets both in the warehouse and in the community.
The Service currently has a central warehouse and 14 satellite stores and a delivery fleet of 11 of vehicles.
Region(s) of supply
Yorkshire and the Humber
Estimated value
N/A
Keywords
Real Time Deliveries, Logistics, Warehouse System, Stock Management, Equipment Management
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date
04/02/2018
End date
22/03/2022
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From 04/01/2018 13:16 to 22/02/2018 12:00
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Contact details
Buyer
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Contact
Zoe Nichols
Telephone
01274 434662
Address
Britannia House
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 1HX
United Kingdom
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 1HX
United Kingdom
