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Targeted Lung Health Check Programme: External Quality Assurance of Radiologists

NHS ENGLAND

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Summary of the contracting process

The National Health Service (NHS) England has awarded a contract for the Targeted Lung Health Check Programme for the external quality assurance of radiologists. This procurement process falls under the services category and has a contract value of £1,043,657. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the contract period is from 23rd November 2021 to 31st March 2024. The tender period ended on 31st August 2021. The buying organisation is NHS England located in Leeds, England.

This tender opportunity provides a chance for businesses, particularly in the software and information systems sector, to engage with the NHS in enhancing lung cancer detection and diagnosis processes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations with expertise in providing external quality assurance platforms for medical imaging programmes are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The contract involves responsibilities such as obtaining CT scans, providing a helpline service, generating data reports, and delivering presentations to NHS England.

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Notice Title

Targeted Lung Health Check Programme: External Quality Assurance of Radiologists

Notice Description

The TLHC programme are looking to procure an external QA platform for radiologists. The external quality assurance of radiologists who report on the TLHC programme forms part of the quality assurance standards published for the programme (the TLHC programme has been signed off and is operational). Once developed, all radiologists who report on the TLHC programme will have to undertake an annual external quality assurance (EQA) test to read low dose CT scans. This will involve radiologists reviewing a set number of CT scans with the results used to benchmark reporting of radiologists with peers. This process will establish a feedback loop, to measure the ongoing quality of radiologists reporting practices. The objectives of having an EQA are to: * Ensure reporting of low dose CT scans is evaluated to flag outliers who have high rates of recalls and high rates of interval cancers being detected. * Ensure radiologists that are outliers receive training and ongoing support overseen by the Responsible Radiologist and Clinical Director of Programme. *To help achieve the TLHC programme's primary objective of diagnosing people who have lung cancer at an earlier stage and identifying those who do not have the disease. *To develop radiologists' ability to detect early lung cancer without incurring unnecessary investigation of clinically unimportant findings in asymptomatic participants. *To provide a professional development platform for radiologists to learn from their reporting practices and benchmark themselves against their peers. *Similar EQA platforms are already in place for other image-based screening programmes, such as breast and colon cancer. Lung cancer is a key focus for the national cancer programme, as Lung has a significant low proportion of diagnoses at stage 1 or 2. There are four core deliverables required: *Overall responsibility for the system - obtaining CT scans for readers to review and develop marking/benchmarking criteria *Provide helpline service to users on an adhoc basis and escalate concerns as necessary *Provide data reports to users on their results, benchmarked against peers, and indicate areas for development *Provide data reports and presentations to NHSE.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c413bd33-993f-459d-b586-5b0f8c33e594
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/019213cb-9e11-4529-92cb-4c4a244d3ad0
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,043,657 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£885,739 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jan 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Aug 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Nov 20214 years ago
Contract Period
23 Nov 2021 - 31 Mar 2024 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7UE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

Further Information

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