Notice Information
Notice Title
Clinical Decision Support Software
Notice Description
This contract is for the provision of clinical decision support software to be deployed within the NHS 111 Wales service. Remote clinical assessment is required following initial call taking to the service by a Call Handler. A Call Handler will commence the non-clinical triage process, utilising sperate non-clinical decision support software, to determine the condition of the patient and whether the patient subsequently needs to speak to a clinician. Remote clinical assessment will then either be undertaken by a clinician within the clinical decision support software or the call transferred to another software system, dependent upon the reason for the call and assigned clinical priority, to be assessed by another provider across NHS Wales urgent primary care services. The software solution is required to provide clinical decision support software for clinicians in the NHS 111 Wales service to support the assessment and management of patients remotely. In addition, the contract is for the supply of professional services to enable the implementation and training of the solution and as well as the relevant software licences for the software application itself. The contract is also for the supply of the associated ongoing support and maintenance services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This contract is for the provision of clinical decision support software to be deployed within the NHS 111 Wales service to enable clinicians to triage calls received. A Call Handler will commence the non-clinical triage process, in sperate non-clinical decision support software supplied under a separate contract, to determine the condition of the patient and whether the patient subsequently needs to speak to a clinician. Following initial call taking by a Call Handler Remote clinical assessment will then subsequently be undertaken by a clinician within the clinical decision support software (to be supplied under this contract), signposted to another provider or the call transferred to a separate system, to be assessed, dependent upon the reason for the call and assigned clinical priority, by a another provider across NHS Wales urgent primary care services. The clinical decision support software is required to support clinicians to assess and manage patients remotely. Calls are required to be passed from the patient management system into the clinical decision support software to reduce the risk of mistakes being made when entering new details. The solution is to allow subsequent calls to be matched to the previous assessments and repeat callers are to be highlighted to the clinician to help to manage patient care. Calls will then subsequently be required to be appropriately returned to the patient management system. The clinical decision support software is required to include a series of protocols to allow the clinician to interpret the callers' symptoms and form a clinical governance structure to ensure efficient, effective, clinically appropriate and prudent healthcare for patients. The system is required to reduce variation in the assessment of conditions, ensuring a research, evidence-based approach to the assessment, offering transparency regarding advice to patients, support and alternative provision. The clinical decision support software is required to be able to support access to the NHS 111 Wales service via video and provide an intuitive, safe interface for end users. The clinical decision support software must be able to work seamlessly with the patient management system and the non-clinical decision support software (supplied separately) to ensure safe and efficient transfer of patient details to and from remote clinical assessments. The solution is required to provide full digital clinical audit capability (Themes, Trends, Statistical Reporting on staff performance), allow seamless sharing of clinical information between service providers, and work intelligently with electronic patient care records systems. In addition, this requirement is for the supply of professional services to enable the implementation and training of the solution and as well as the relevant software licences for the clinical decision support software this requirement is also for the supply of the associated ongoing software support and maintenance services.
Options: Option to extend for a further period of 24 months in annual increments or for the full 24-month period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.
Procurement Information
The legacy software currently utilised by the NHS 111 Wales service must be replaced as the software has reached end of life and the contract will expire on the 20th May 2024. A competitive dialogue procurement was undertaken to procure a replacement solution and a contract awarded but following a joint review of the project with the supplier a decision was reached to end the delivery of the replacement software solution. There is now an urgent need to replace the legacy software and the replacement must be fully implemented and go-live by the 30th April 2024, to safely decommission the legacy software and transition to the new software solution. This is to ensure NHS 111 Wales service provision can continue, with minimal disruption, in the interim to any future national NHS 111 Wales and urgent primary care strategic plans for a longer-term solution.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0428e9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002411-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48800000 - Information systems and servers
48810000 - Information systems
48814000 - Medical information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,170,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICES NHS TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- emma.burns@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CWMBRAN
- Postcode
- NP44 3AB
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL53 Gwent Valleys
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Torfaen
- Electoral Ward
- Llantarnam
- Westminster Constituency
- Torfaen
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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