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Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations

THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations" has been conducted by The Common Services Agency (NHS National Services Scotland) based in Edinburgh, UK. This initiative falls under the health services industry category and is at the Award stage following a limited procurement method. The contract, valued at £300,000, was signed on 16th July 2018, after having undergone prior planning stages and was initiated without prior publication of a call for competition. The aim of this procurement is to replace paper-based processes with an electronic system that facilitates interoperability among clinical laboratories within Scotland and other parts of the UK.

This tender presents considerable opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses engaged in healthcare technologies and laboratory information systems. Companies specialising in digital health solutions or those with expertise in developing electronic reporting systems would be well-suited to compete for similar future contracts. Additionally, suppliers providing complementary services or advanced functionalities in medical microbiology and histopathology could find valuable prospects for collaboration, especially as the solution is likely to expand to incorporate further health board requirements in the future.

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Notice Title

Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations

Notice Description

NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NSS has procured a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There should also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition to functionality that addresses the requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities, the identified solution will have available functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities. Large volumes of laboratory work flow between the Health Boards within Scotland and to sites elsewhere within the UK. There is a requirement that all this work flow for NHSScotland should be facilitated through electronic systems. Seven boards have/ or will have deployed the same solution to address requirements. This procurement will deliver a solution for at least 7 of the remaining Boards with connection to the 7 Boards with a solution deployed to enable national consistency in process.

Options: Additional Labs, Health Boards and functions may be added.

Procurement Information

After market research using a PIN notice it was found that only the NPeX solution was being used by other NHS Labs and therefore only the NHS System used in England was suitable as it already had connections to the Majority of NHS Labs. This contract is with an NHS Foundation Trust who provide this service.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000551369
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330322
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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


CPV Codes

48814400 - Clinical information system

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Sep 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Jul 20187 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")
Contact Name
Cameron Wright
Contact Email
cameron.wright@nhs.net, mark.salveta@nhs.net
Contact Phone
+44 1698794410, +44 1698794598

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH12 9EB
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Drum Brae/Gyle
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CALDERDALE & HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL326402
    Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations - NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.
  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330322
    Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations - NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.

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