Notice Information
Notice Title
Digital Social Care Record software
Notice Description
Nourish is a Care Management System for Health and Social Care Providers. The digital care management software enables customers to record accurate notes, have complete oversight of their services and the ability to easily evidence the care they provide.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The solution must be cloud based, delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), or a fully managed hosted service, and functionality should cover: 1. User record management, including configurable user permissions 2. Client record management, including funder details, charge rates and alerts 3. Client portal, enabling the client and family members to view care notes, medication details, vocational profile, summary of service provision, including photographs. 4. Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) 5. Digital forms - including a standard suite of forms, as well as configurable forms, to enable assessments, support planning and activity recording, including a digital body map 6. Attendance registers and transport requirements for clients 7. Mobile app (compatible with Android devices v10 onwards) 8. Reports and dashboards - including a standard suite, as well as configurable reports and dashboards 9. Integration with PowerBI, either directly or via a central data warehouse 10. Audit logging The solution will provide the data to facilitate client billing, but the generation of invoices will be managed through ECL's existing Finance systems. Ideally the solution should integrate with the HRIS and Finance systems, but the minimum requirement is that the solution provides data output in a file format that can be manually uploaded to the Finance system, as well as the solution being capable of importing/uploading an output file from the HRIS system to align fields in staff records.
Options: This Call-Off Contract can be extended by the Buyer for One period of up to 12 months.
Procurement Information
This procurement was concluded using the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework Agreement (RM1557.14). CCS templates were used in order to created a long list of potential suppliers. The conformance scope of requirements enabled ECL to sift these suppliers to a manageable short list who were invited demonstrate their software.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05027c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044527-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £175,040 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Jul 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Apr 20258 months 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
- ESSEX CARES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Karen Tucciarone
- Contact Email
- karen.tucciarone2@essexcares.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 3330133406
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1QH
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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