Notice Information
Notice Title
Faculty of Medicine Assessment Management System
Notice Description
This Tender opportunity is to procure an electronic system or systems to support our clinical assessments. As part of clinical practice, students must meet standards and pass exams to be able to practice after their degree is awarded. A new system is required to support these clinical assessments to ensure we will be unable to meet the necessary KPIs that the General Medical Council (GMC) will be introducing with the new Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA).
Lot Information
Lot 1: OSCE, Practical, Written and Anatomy Papers
This Tender opportunity is to procure an electronic system or systems to support our clinical assessments. As part of clinical practice, students must meet standards and pass exams to be able to practice after their degree is awarded. A new system is required to support these clinical assessments to ensure we will be unable to meet the necessary KPIs that the General Medical Council (GMC) will be introducing with the new Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA). The system should enable the faculty to: * Ensure compliance with GMC requirements for delivery of assessments, particularly for the MLA. * Provide detailed individual student and examiner feedback. * Reduce errors and improve quality. * Improve student and examiner experience * Electronically support the delivery of OSCE, multiple choice written papers and practical papers A new system is required to support these clinical assessments to ensure we will be unable to meet the necessary KPIs that the GMC will be introducing with the new Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA), consisting of the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Clinical & Procedural Skills Assessment (CPSA). The new AKT will replace our current Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) papers and the new CPSA will replace our current Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Lot 1 is for the provision of a system to support OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam), Practical, Written and Anatomy Papers. These assessments are managed by the University and take place at Southampton General Hospital or at another University setting.
Renewal: The University proposes to enter into a Contract for 7 years / 84 months - this will be the maximum contract period, including any potential extensions with the successful tenderer(s). This will comprise of an initial contract period of 5 years / 60 months with an option to extend by a further 2 years / 24 months in two 1 year / 12 month increments, subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the University.
ACC (Assessments of Clinical Competence)This Tender opportunity is to procure an electronic system or systems to support our clinical assessments. As part of clinical practice, students must meet standards and pass exams to be able to practice after their degree is awarded. A new system is required to support these clinical assessments to ensure we will be unable to meet the necessary KPIs that the General Medical Council (GMC) will be introducing with the new Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA). The system should enable the faculty to: * Ensure compliance with GMC requirements for delivery of assessments, particularly for the MLA. * Provide detailed individual student and examiner feedback. * Reduce errors and improve quality. * Improve student and examiner experience * Electronically support the delivery of OSCE, multiple choice written papers and practical papers A new system is required to support these clinical assessments to ensure we will be unable to meet the necessary KPIs that the GMC will be introducing with the new Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA), consisting of the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Clinical & Procedural Skills Assessment (CPSA). The new AKT will replace our current Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) papers and the new CPSA will replace our current Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Lot 2 is for the provision of a system to support ACC (Assessment of Clinical Competence) assessments. ACC assessments are a type of workplace based assessment undertaken by students on placement at a variety of locations which are not managed by the University.
Renewal: The University proposes to enter into a Contract for 7 years / 84 months - this will be the maximum contract period, including any potential extensions with the successful tenderer(s). This will comprise of an initial contract period of 5 years / 60 months with an option to extend by a further 2 years / 24 months in two 1 year / 12 month increments, subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the University.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03049e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026663-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72268000 - Software supply services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £595,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £595,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Feb 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Sep 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- Contact Name
- Alex Oakley, Helen Stone
- Contact Email
- procurement@soton.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2380595000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ32 Southampton
- Delivery Location
- TLJ32 Southampton
-
- Local Authority
- Southampton
- Electoral Ward
- Portswood
- Westminster Constituency
- Southampton Test
Further Information
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