Planning

National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution

DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES

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Planning

10 Jan 2025 at 17:00

Summary of the contracting process

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is currently at the planning stage of procuring a National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution. This procurement focuses on computer audit and testing services within the healthcare industry, specifically targeting the monitoring of staff access to personal records. DHCW has organised a Supplier Briefing session via Microsoft Teams, scheduled for Thursday 30th January 2025. Interested suppliers must express their interest by contacting Allison Roblin of DHCW Commercial Services by 12:00 noon on Thursday 23rd January 2025. Following this, registered suppliers will be provided with briefing documents which must be reviewed and completed by 12:00 noon on 14th February 2025. The objective of this preliminary engagement is to gather market intelligence before potentially proceeding with a formal competitive procurement in the third quarter of 2025.

This tender presents substantial business growth opportunities for companies specialising in information systems, software development, and audit services. Businesses well-suited to compete include those capable of providing scalable and integrable audit solutions that can seamlessly connect with existing and new NHS Wales systems. The solution should support a comprehensive monitoring system for patient, service user, and staff information across the Welsh national healthcare framework. With a projected contract value of £5,000,000 and a possible ten-year term, this engagement could be lucrative for the selected supplier, promoting long-term collaboration and innovation within the healthcare sector.

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Notice Title

National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution

Notice Description

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) requires an Audit solution with associated support and maintenance. The system is required to support a number of Welsh national solutions and other healthcare applications which provide access to patient, service user and staff information. The solution will provide for the proactive monitoring of staff access to personal records and flag potential inappropriate access and use.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is for DHCW to engage with suppliers to understand their capability and capacity to provide a National Intelligent Integrated Audit Solution (NIIAS) which is required to monitor user access to the NHS Wales single patient record, relevant national clinical applications and national repositories for all permitted users. This includes all 7 Health Boards and 5 of the 6 other statutory Organisational/trusts across Wales. DHCW is seeking a solution to: 1. Authoritatively process audit logs from specified systems to display dashboard information on user behaviour that enables the NHS Wales statutory organisations representative Information Governance leads the ability to understand specific behaviours via a dashboard. 2. Reference and integrate with NHS Wales systems to ingest and access audit logs via API connectivity and directly where necessary, referencing key national systems to validate the identity of patient and staff. This information should be attainable in real-time. 3. The applications should be scalable and capable of integrating legacy connections and new requirements as they occur. 4. Host and deliver the solution on a cloud basis integrated with the DHCW network. Initial engagement will be via a Supplier Briefing day to be scheduled on Thursday 30th January 2025. A full itinerary will be provided to those suppliers who express an interest. The Authority's intention is, using the intelligence gained from the Supplier Briefing session, to understand what Audit Solutions are available in the market place with a view to undertaking a competitive procurement in Q3 2025. DHCW will potentially be seeking a single supplier Agreement for an initial term of ten (10) years. However, Suppliers are to note that the Authority is not bound to proceed with a future competitive procurement but will provide further and a more definitive notice to the market in relation to its intention to procure once the market engagement process is complete.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000933-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48170000 - Compliance software package

48810000 - Information systems

72260000 - Software-related services

72262000 - Software development services

72268000 - Software supply services

72800000 - Computer audit and testing services

72810000 - Computer audit services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£5,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES
Contact Name
Allison Roblin
Contact Email
allison.roblin1@wales.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2920500500

Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF11 9AD
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
TLL Wales

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff West

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