STMA Uplifts to Service Management Standard

ID

RM189

Version

1.2.2

Type

Roadmap Item

Contracting Vehicle(s)

Title

STMA Uplifts to Service Management Standard

Description

Changes to the Service Management Overarching Standard to align across all procurement products

Date Added

May 24, 2023

Standards and Capabilities

Service Management

Change Route

Managed Capacity - Other

Change Type

Uplift

Status

Closed

Publication Date

Aug 12, 2024

Effective Date

Nov 12, 2024

Incentives / Funding

No

Incentive / Funding Dates

N/A

Background

The Service Management Standard version 2.1.0 has now expired and a new version has been created, Service Management Standard version 3.0.0.

Suppliers are required to onboard onto the Service Management Standard version 3.0.0.

Outline Plan

Details of the change will be made available to Suppliers via a draft version of the Service Management Standard (please see Full Specification). Existing Suppliers need to ensure they are compliant with the changes by the Effective Date.

Summary of Change

Service Management: Patch Changes applied

Service Management: Patch Changes applied

  • Retire Service Management Standard version 2.1.0

  • Retire Service Management Standard version 2.0.1

  • Spelling/grammar/formatting fixes

  • Merged requirements into a single requirements table adding the ‘Applicable Contracting Vehicle(s)’ column

 

Service Management: Requirements updated

Service Management: Requirements updated

Applicable Contracting Vehicle(s)

Requirement ID

Requirement Description

Level

Applicable to Type 1 and/or Type 2 Catalogue Solutions

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM005

The Supplier shall comply with the following Service Management Agent's documents:

  1. Incident Management Obligations.docx

  2. Change Release Management Related Obligations.docx

 

  1. Incident Management Obligations.docx

  2. Change Release Management Related Obligations.docx

MUST

Both

  • DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM005

SM005a

The Supplier shall comply with the following Catalogue Authority documents:

  1. DFOCVC - Incident Management Related Obligations.docx

  2. DFOCVC - Change Release Management Related Obligations.docx

must

Type 2 only

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM006

The Supplier shall measure the performance of each Catalogue Solution against each of the Service Levels Service Levels applicable to such the Catalogue Solution.

MUST

Both

  • DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM006

SM006a

The Supplier shall measure the performance of each Catalogue Solution against each of the Service Levels applicable to such Catalogue Solution as set out in the Catalogue Solutions Service Levels document.

  1. DFOCVC Catalogue Solution Service Levels.docx

must

Type 2 only

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM007

The Supplier shall operate a process for managing Planned Downtime in accordance with the requirements for the same set out in the relevant Catalogue Solution Service Levels document.

MUST

Type 1 only

  • DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM007

SM007a

The Supplier shall operate a process for managing Planned Downtime in accordance with the requirements for the same set out in Catalogue Solution Service Levels document.

  1. DFOCVC Catalogue Solution Service Levels.docx

must

Type 2 only

All

SM008

The Supplier must operate and publish an effective escalation and complaints process for the Service Management Agent, other suppliers, Service Recipients, Call Off Ordering Parties and other NHS stakeholders to utilise.

The Supplier must operate and publish an effective escalation process for the Service Management Agent, other Suppliers, Service Recipients, Call Off Ordering Parties and other NHS stakeholders to utilise which must be in accordance with the Escalation Management Obligations Document.

Escalation Management Obligations.docx

must

Both

 

SM012

The Supplier shall provide training to the Service Management Agent's service management staff referred to in requirement SM011 to the extent required for them to be able to utilise the Supplier Service Performance Toolsets effectively and to interpret the information accessed accurately.

MUST

Type 1 only

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM023

The Supplier must provide a monthly capacity report that covers all relevant services and offerings.

must

Type 1 only

DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM014

To the extent the Catalogue Authority cannot access data as required, the Supplier must make such data available to the Catalogue Authority no later than 24 hours after the Catalogue Authority has requested such data (this time period excludes weekends and Bank Holidays), or where that the data is required urgently (such as to respond to a Parliamentary question), no more than 4 hours from the request being made by the Catalogue Authority to the Supplier. The Catalogue Authority shall act reasonably and give due regard to the impact on the Supplier when making such requests.

MUST

 

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

All

SM014

To the extent the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority can not access data as required, the Supplier must make such data available to the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority no later than 24 hours after the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority has requested such data, or where that the data is required urgently (such as to respond to a Parliamentary question), no more than 4 hours from the request being made by the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority to the Supplier. The Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority shall act reasonably and give due regard to the impact on the Supplier when making such requests.

must

Both

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM015

The Supplier shall provide the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority with named contacts and contact details who will join Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority calls on request (acting reasonably) for the following functions.

The below list is for GPIT Futures & Technical Innovation Contracting Vehicle(s):

  1. HSSI management

  2. Complaints raised by the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority or escalated to the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority

  3. Escalations raised by the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority or escalated to the Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority

  4. Service Reviews

  5. Service Management Agent/Catalogue Authority Change Advisory Boards

  6. Problem Management

  7. Incident Management

  8. General queries

  9. IM1 Supplier Forum

  10. IM1 Product Reviews

must

Type 1 only

  • DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM015

SM015a

The Supplier shall provide the Catalogue Authority with details of the Supplier’s service hosting arrangements/providers and named contacts and contact details who will join Catalogue Authority calls on request (acting reasonably) for the following functions:

  1. HSSI management

  2. Complaints raised by the Catalogue Authority or escalated to the Catalogue Authority

  3. Escalations raised by the Catalogue Authority or escalated to the Catalogue Authority

  4. General queries via the Supplier’s service desk

must

Type 2 only

  • GP IT Futures

  • Tech Innovation

SM018

The Supplier shall raise Problems for the root cause of all HSSIs and shall, unless otherwise agreed with the Service Management Agent acting reasonably, fix the Problem within 60 Working Days.

The Supplier shall comply with the Problem Management Obligations document.

Problem Management Obligations.docx

must

Type 1 only

  • DFOCVC

DFOCVC-SM018

SM018a

The Supplier shall raise Problems for the root cause of all HSSIs and shall, unless otherwise agreed with the Catalogue Authority acting reasonably, fix such Problems within 60 Working Days.

must

Type 2 only

Service Management: Other Documents Referenced Within Components Of The Standard updated

Service Management: Other Documents Referenced Within Components Of The Standard updated

Full Specification

Service Management v3.0.0

Assurance Approach

Suppliers are to complete a Traceability Matrix (TM), providing evidence detailing how they meet the obligations of each requirement. These could include, but are not limited to:

  • Process and Procedure documents

  • Data retention agreements

  • Escalations and Complaints processes

  • Self-declaration statements

The TM will be supplied by the NHS England Supplier Manager, following acceptance of the Supplier’s onboarding. The Supplier Manager will also create a SharePoint area for the uploading of evidence.