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CSA Waverley sign framework contract awarded by Connecting for Health for Additional Supply Capability & Capacity (ASCC).

The award of the ASCC contract is a significant achievement that will be of value to any NHS organisation requiring local IT infrastructure deployment.

CSA Waverley has been accredited with Lot 3 status, Hardware, Infrastructure and Associated (HIA) Services

NHS Connecting for Health, on behalf of the NHS, has secured a range of Framework Contracts through open competition to provide additional capacity and capability in the supply of IT products and services to the NHS.
Related links

* Appointed ASCC suppliers
* OJEU Notice in March 2007

These contracts are not intended to replace the contracts already let for the National Programme for IT, or any existing contractual arrangements, but are intended to supplement the existing supply capacity and to enable new requirements to be met through a readily available approved Framework and to mitigate risks of existing suppliers being unable to meet contractual commitments.

The procurement of the Framework Contracts for Additional Supply Capability & Capacity (ASCC) was initiated with the publication of an OJEU Notice in March 2007.

The Frameworks will enable the streamlined procurement of IT systems and services from suppliers who have demonstrated experience in the health sector and can be used to support both National Programme for IT (NPfIT) related work and wider IT related projects.

The Framework Contracts have been divided into business lots as follows:

* Lot 1: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Services – these will support the delivery of existing non- clinical systems or provide new non- clinical systems and services as business requirements emerge.
* Lot 2: Clinical Information Technology (CIT) Services – these will support the delivery of existing clinical IT systems and/or provide new clinical IT systems and services as business requirements emerge.
* Lot 3: Hardware, Infrastructure and Associated (HIA) Services – the provision of a broad range of HIA technology goods and services and, additionally, specialist consultancy services aligned to other ASCC services.
* Lot 4: Testing Environments and Related Services (TERS) – the provision of testing environments and associated facilities.

Contracts have now been signed with 38 suppliers who have been appointed to lots 1, 3 and 4 of ASCC. It is planned that the lot 2 framework contracts will be awarded in Spring 2008.

To achieve the broad scope that each of the above lots provides, each of the lots has been subdivided into a number of service categories and to accommodate the specialist providers of IT Health Services, the lots have been sub-divided into National and Specialist provider categories.

For more information please call 01628 851044 or go to the Connecting for Health website at http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ the announcement is in the "what's new section"