Digital Histopathology Outsourced Reporting

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

19th June 2024 19:09:16 PM

Tender Deadline

2nd August 2024 11:00:00 AM   32 days remaining

Contract Summary

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") is issuing an invitation to tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Digital Histopathology Outsourced Reporting. The Authority intends to enter into a contract with the successful Bidder on the NHS Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Services (Contract Version). The initial contract term will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend by up-to 24 months. There is a nationally identified shortage of consultant histopathologists, many NHS trusts have difficulty recruiting staff and the existing workforce is ageing. Currently at the Trust there is approximately 30 vacant consultant PAs, with 43% of our consultants over 55. This level of staffing puts a strain on all diagnostic specialities with the department struggling to meet agreed 2ww reporting targets. In addition, the Authority will expand its case load by approximately 20% in 2024. Given the situation described above, the Trust intends to outsource approximately 20k cases for digital reporting from November 2024 utilising the digital technology currently in deployment in the Lab, namely the existing LIMS (TCL), a range of whole slide digitisers and a shared instance of a cloud hosted Sectra PACS IDS7 system. The supplier will provide Services as follows: a) The provision of circa 30k digital histopathology diagnostic case reports per annum b) The provision of digitally enabled MDT support for approximately 20 % of these cases, plus holiday cover. The provision of a fully digital service that requires minimal manual intervention over and above the processes routinely used by the Dept to direct and allocate cases, produce digital images, and produce digital clinical information. The service must be fully integrated, IG compliant digital outsourced reporting service, making use of, through HL7 integration, the Trusts Sectra Histology PACS IDS7 and LIMS (Intersystems TCL), tracking solution and slide scanners, sufficiently to enable seamless viewing of images and clinical information, and reporting and return of reports to the PACS. Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Atamis Reference: C235936 Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-b5fd17-0f19d95e-74bb-452d-a2bb-3e8bd2ebce33

Publication Source

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Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

Other -

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

SME

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85111800

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Buyer Name

Nathan Griffen NNUH

Buyer Email

nathan.griffen@nnuh.nhs.uk

Buyer Phone

+44 1603288274

Buyer Address

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY

GB