Planning

Infection Prevention Control eSurveillance Solution PIN

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

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Planning

07 Feb 2024 at 00:00

OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) is planning a tender for the Infection Prevention Control eSurveillance Solution. The purpose is to explore options for a national IPC solution across NHS Scotland. This procurement process aims to gather market feedback and cost estimates for the implementation and ongoing support of the desired solution in order to improve IPC management across health and care settings in Scotland.

This planned tender by NSS presents an opportunity for businesses in the health sector to provide innovative IPC solutions for NHS Scotland. The tender is in the planning stage, with a future notice date set for January 20, 2025. Businesses offering services related to eSurveillance solutions, healthcare technology, and digital systems would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The planned procurement presents an opportunity for vendors to showcase their expertise in providing resilient and comprehensive IPC services to support effective decision-making and policy development in the healthcare sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Infection Prevention Control eSurveillance Solution PIN

Notice Description

Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are exploring options for a single national IPC eSurveillance solution that will ensure consistent application across all of NHS Scotland. The objective of this exercise is to obtain up-to-date information and feedback from the market in order to: - understand current and, in development, market capabilities and solutions in relation to the functionality required; and - provide NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland with indicative costs associated with the incremental implementation and ongoing support of a suitable solution The information to be provided will help us better understand the current and developing market and to consider the way forward.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are exploring options for a single national IPC eSurveillance solution that will ensure consistent application across all of NHS Scotland. This will replace the existing disparate systems across Health Boards and action the recommendation set out in the Infection Prevention Workforce Strategic Plan - 2022 to 2024 'To progress the work for a national eSurveillance system for Scotland, with the support of local and national stakeholders'. The Infection Prevention Workforce: Strategic Plan for 2022 to 2024 was published in 2022. This Workforce Plan aims to build capability of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), Health Protection (HP) (with relevance to IPC) and IPC workforce in all health and care settings, to enable recovery and development, reflecting on the need for planning post pandemic across all health and care and as part of the wider system infection management needs. The eResources Subgroup review found that NHS Scotland would benefit from a single IPC eSurveillance solution both at local and national level. To ensure the implementation of a single solution the Workforce Plan includes the recommendation 'to progress the work for a national eSurveillance solution for Scotland, with the support of local and national stakeholders'. A national solution will enable a common approach to IPC management. The solution will include having up-to-date information available at the point of care, irrespective of care provider or care setting. It will include reporting and management at a national level which will inform and support effective decision making, and prioritisation of future policy requirements. Information and digital systems (eSurveillance) have already positively supported the management of IPC in Scotland. This was extremely important during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information can also be used by National Boards to support local management of these situations. However, boards are not consistent in their approach which brings challenges to the implementation of a national 'whole system' approach. Currently nine boards have different versions of a single digital system and therefore there is no standardisation or national approach to surveillance and reporting. The remaining boards have bespoke systems including web-based systems and excel spreadsheets. Issues presented by current Status include: - There is a recognised lack of interoperability and integration for IPC systems with other electronic information systems across health and care. This impacts on the ability to share information and IPC alerts across boards and the care sector. - Current systems do not allow for boards to report outbreaks and incidents centrally in a standardised and efficient way. This impacts on the ability of organisations including PHS to make timely decisions and monitor trends. - During COVID-19, the existing systems did not support effective and timely national decision making. The solution's functionality is essential for providing IPC services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and must have an extremely high degree of resilience in order to minimise any periods of scheduled or unscheduled downtime. Vendors of future solutions should note that this resilience should include but not be limited to Failover and Disaster Recovery of the system with limited technical intervention. This soft market test is being conducted to determine what solutions may be available, determine the scope of any future procurement to enable the delivery of a national solution, and to ascertain indicative costs.. A questionnaire has been attached to this notice. Please complete and respond as per the instructions in the document. This is a market testing exercise which will allow the Authority to consider future options in this area.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000757467
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB498158
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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

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

CPV Codes

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
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Feb 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
20 Jan 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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
steve.graham@nhs.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1698794410

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

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB498158
    Infection Prevention Control eSurveillance Solution PIN - Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are exploring options for a single national IPC eSurveillance solution that will ensure consistent application across all of NHS Scotland. The objective of this exercise is to obtain up-to-date information and feedback from the market in order to: - understand current and, in development, market capabilities and solutions in relation to the functionality required; and - provide NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland with indicative costs associated with the incremental implementation and ongoing support of a suitable solution The information to be provided will help us better understand the current and developing market and to consider the way forward.

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