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SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

Address: Organisation: Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust,

The Maltings, Silvester Square, Silvester St

, Attn: John Fitzsimmons, Assistant Director of Performance & Information, Country code: UK-Hull Postal code: HU1 3HA. Tel. +44 1482344850. E-mail: John.Fitzsimmons@hullpct.nhs.uk.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.hullpct.nhs.uk/.

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

Body governed by public law.

Health.

Other.

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.

SECTION II.B: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

II.1) TITLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONTRACT BY THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY:

UK-Hull: automated invoice validation system.

II.2) TYPE OF CONTRACT AND PLACE OF DELIVERY OR OF PERFORMANCE:

Supplies.

Main place of performance or of delivery: Kingston upon Hull, City of.

NUTS code: Location: "Kingston upon Hull, City of">UKE11.

II.3) SHORT DESCRIPTION OF NATURE AND QUANTITY OR VALUE OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES:

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NHS Hull is committed to becoming a World Class Commissioning organisation. It is also committed to obtaining maximum Value for Money on the contracts it places and manages on behalf of the population of Hull.

With this in mind NHS Hull wishes to explore the option of procuring an Automated Invoice Validation system. Key Requirements An Automated invoice validation (AIV) system which covers all the PCT's main provider contracts which identifies activity and charges that requiring challenge and dispute resolution, all backed up the by production of supporting data.

Reconciliation of activity levels and payments and issuing settlement notices

Reconciliation of activity data supplied by providers via SUS against SLAM information supplied by providers.

Reconciliation of activity data supplied by providers via local dataflows (non PbR) against SLAM information supplied by providers.

The ability to review data at patient level to determine medical justification and financial costing.

Production of monthly reconcilable statements for each provider.

Check supplied data against a range of validation checks which reflect best practice and local SLA requirements.

Continual development of data validation checks.

Implementation of national changes to NHS Tariff, HRGs and PbR.

The ability to implement local tariffs - NHS Hull welcomes descriptions of developed solutions which include indicative costs, indicative savings, functionality, workflow and other applicable benefits/outputs.

For further details contact John Fitzsimmons, Assistant Director of Performance and Information by email at John.Fitzsimmons@hullpct.nhs.uk.

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Division into lots: no.

II.4) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

CPV code: "Business intelligence software package">48482000 , CPV code: "Financial analysis software package">48441000 , CPV code: "Software package and information systems">48000000 , CPV code: "Transaction-processing software package">48217000 , CPV code: "Compliance software package">48170000 , CPV code: "Administration software package">48219300 .

II.5) SCHEDULED DATE FOR START OF AWARD PROCEDURES:

4.1.2010.

II.6) CONTRACT COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA):

Yes.

II.7) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:

III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1) Reserved contracts:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:

VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

GO reference: GO 09110513/01.

VI.3) INFORMATION ON GENERAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK:

VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

5.11.2009.