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Award

30 May 2025 at 10:12

Award

02 May 2025 at 15:11

Tender

06 Jan 2025 at 09:38

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for a "National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Data Validation Services" was led by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This framework aims to provide NHS organisations in the UK with specialised support for testing and validating patient data during the transition from legacy Patient Administration Systems to modern Electronic Patient Record systems. The procurement falls under the data services category, covering a range of services including system quality assurance and data management. This open procedure, part of an active award phase, has already seen active contracts as of late May 2025. The framework agreement allows extensions beyond its initial term of two years, with the awarding process having engaged multiple suppliers like Insource Select Limited and Acumentice Ltd.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in data services, especially those specialising in system quality assurance, data analysis, and management. Companies with expertise in healthcare data validation and migration support are particularly well-suited to compete, as the framework caters to NHS organisations requiring assistance with complex data quality issues during system upgrades. Involvement under such a national framework can provide substantial business growth, both by establishing long-term relationships with healthcare providers and by enhancing one’s portfolio with high-profile projects. SMEs like Aire Logic Limited and Answer Digital Limited have already secured roles, showcasing that businesses of varying scales are encouraged to participate.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Data Validation Services

Notice Description

The Contracting Authority has set up a national framework agreement that will enable NHS Organisations to access highly specialised support to enable the testing and validation of patient data, as part of the process of migrating from a legacy PAS to a modern EPR system.

Lot Information

Lot 1

A number of NHS organisations are currently migrating, or are expected to migrate from a legacy Patient Administration System (PAS) to modern Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems. Many legacy PAS are not Referral to Treatment (RTT) compliant and, therefore, RTT Pathways and associated Events for migration have to be manually manufactured from existing referrals and outcomes. There may also be significant data quality issues with legacy data that will impact on the management and integrity of that data prior to implementation of a new EPR system. NHS organisations may lack in-house expertise and/or capacity to undertake the necessary data cleansing exercises and may require expert assistance in undertaking a data validation exercise prior to the Client's planned migration of its legacy PAS to a modern EPR system. The objective of this framework is to provide NHS Organisations ("the Clients") with expert assistance in undertaking data validation exercises prior to and following a Client's planned migration of its PAS to a modern EPR system. This includes the validation of incomplete pathways, incomplete waiting lists and duplicated pathways as well as understanding the data quality issues that could facilitate the RTT migration to the EPR system and the Client's Covid-19 restoration and recovery work. This will enable the NHS Organisations to: * provide assurance to the Board, CCGs and patients of the accuracy of the patient data held, and particularly how this is managed in relation to supporting RTT and other associated patient access standards, * improve the quality of patient data held within the EPR and support the optimal use of the EPR from implementation. The Supplier will ensure that effective knowledge transfer takes place and will help the Client to develop an in-house central validation and booking team to achieve business as usual booking and reporting post the EPR implementation.

Options: The framework will run for a term of 2 years with options to extend for up to a further 2 years in annual increments.

Renewal: The framework agreement may be extended for up to a further 24 months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cd73
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028669-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services

72300000 - Data services

72310000 - Data-processing services

72311000 - Computer tabulation services

72311100 - Data conversion services

72312100 - Data preparation services

72316000 - Data analysis services

72320000 - Database services

72321000 - Added-value database services

72322000 - Data management services

72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

72920000 - Computer catalogue conversion services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79996100 - Records management

80511000 - Staff training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 May 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
21 Feb 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Mar 20251 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Additional Buyers

A full list of eligible users is available at https://www.coch-cps.co.uk/

The eligible users of the proposed framework agreement are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at: www.nhssourcing.co.uk

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CHESTER
Postcode
CH2 1UL
Postcode Area
Chester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward
Upton
Westminster Constituency
Chester North and Neston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
5
Supplier Names

Acumentice Ltd

Aire Logic Limited

Answer Digital Limited

Ideal Health Consultants Ltd

Insource Select Limited

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