Basic Information

Reference Number

0000276383

Issuing Organization

NL Provincial Health Shared Services Supply Chain

Owner Organization

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

Solicitation Type

RFSQ - Request for Supplier Qualifications - Prequalifications (Formal)

Solicitation Number

2024-4502

Title

RFSQ - Innovation Partners

Source ID

PV.MN.NL..1083209.C109407

Agreement Types

Atlantic Procurement Agreement

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

The Atlantic Procurement Agreement

Details

Location

Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador

Delivery Point

Newfoundland and Labrador

Purchase Type

Duration: 1 year

Description

NLHS is seeking proposals on Innovation Partnerships as listed in accordance with the description and specifications as set out in Schedule “A”. This will establish a new list of vendors of record that was created by NLHS in 2018/2019 and refreshed in October 2023. Only vendors of record who have been pre-qualified under this RFSQ will be eligible to participate in the resulting innovation related opportunities.

The RFSQ will not directly result in a contract or any other legally binding obligation(s) as its sole intent is to establish a vendor pool for an upcoming or future innovation opportunities. Once the vendor pool is established, separate proposal opportunities will be initiated which will ultimately select preferred bidder(s) to enter into contract negotiations.

This will be in accordance with the specifications and requirements set out in this RFSQ, as well as the Public Procurement Act.

A minimum of 3 partners will be selected in each of the following categories:
•        BioPharma
•        MedTech
•        Professional Consulting
•        Local Organizations

Contracts in place with existing vendors of record for medical device design and implementation or application and software development and implementation will need to be completed by the end of the current contract, October 1, 2024, should existing vendors of record decide not to respond to this request for qualifications.

This RFSQ will be valid for one (1) year after which either an extension notice will be provided or a new RFSQ will be issued.

Dates

Publication

2024/08/14 04:24:40 PM NDT

Bid Intent

Not Available

Question Acceptance Deadline

2024/08/29 02:00:00 PM NDT

Questions are submitted online

Yes

Closing Date

2024/09/12 02:00:00 PM NDT

Contact Information

Courtney Sacuta

Open.Calls@centralhealth.nl.ca

Required Acknowledgement

General Terms and Conditions

Bidder must Acknowledge that they have read, understood and agree to the attached Terms and Conditions

Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Electronic Bid Submission

Pricing

No Pricing

Bid Questions

Question Name	Question Description	Mandatory
Acknowledge/Agree	You will be required to respond to one or more health care challenges issued by NLHS. The first reverse pitch session will take place on October 10, 2024.	Yes
Acknowledge/Agree	You will be required to provide a minimum of three seminars and or education sessions to our acceleration program participants and or NLHS employees to help promote a culture of innovation among our staff. Note* One session must take place on October 10th during the annual NLHS Innovation Summit.	Yes
Acknowledge/Agree	You will be required to pay a non-refundable $500.00 administrative fee for use of the HIAC building facilities.	Yes
Acknowledge/Agree	Should the process move to the design and prototyping of a product or service, and procurement, intellectual property rights will be agreed upon and outlined in the project contract.	Yes
Acknowledge/Agree	Should the opportunity present for commercialization of the intellectual property codeveloped as part of the health care challenge, rights to market, sell or distribute the products/services and revenue-sharing models will be executed based on the terms outlined in the project contract.	Yes
Acknowledge/Agree	There is no commitment for implementation of developed innovations by NLHS at the end of the process.	Yes
Schedule D - Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement	Will Schedule D - Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement be completed in its entirety and submitted upon award if you are the preferred bidder?	Yes
Acknowledgement of Addenda	I have read, understood and am in agreement with each of the addenda posted to the web site relative to this tender	Yes

Bid Documents List

Item Name	Description	Mandatory	Limited to 1 file
Schedule A	Documents defining the proposal, as outlined in the Specifications (Limit of 25 pages)	Yes	No
Appendices	Supporting Documents to Proposal (Limited to 10 pages)	No	No
Schedule C	Bidders Information Form	Yes	No
Schedule D	Privacy / Confidentiality Oath (required from the preferred bidder upon award)	No	No
No entries

Additional Bidding Instructions

This RFSQ will pre-qualify the awarded partners to participate in subsequent Request for Proposals outlining a healthcare challenge(s) to solve. Selection will be determined through a scoring process outlined in the RFSQ. Responses to this RFSQ should be 25 pages excluding appendices. Appendices are permitted however, should be limited to one (1) and a maximum of 10 pages.

Selected respondents will be invited to enter into an agreement through a subsequent limited call Request for Proposal process, which will govern the potential subsequent provision of the Deliverables pursuant to invitational second-stage competitive processes. The term of the Agreement will be determined through the limited call Request for Proposal process.

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