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title: "Targeted Lung Health Check Programme: External Quality Assurance of Radiologists"
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# Targeted Lung Health Check Programme: External Quality Assurance of Radiologists

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c413bd33-993f-459d-b586-5b0f8c33e594

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## Summary

The National Health Service (NHS) England has awarded a contract for the Targeted Lung Health Check Programme for the external quality assurance of radiologists. This procurement process falls under the services category and has a contract value of £1,043,657. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the contract period is from 23rd November 2021 to 31st March 2024. The tender period ended on 31st August 2021. The buying organisation is NHS England located in Leeds, England.

This tender opportunity provides a chance for businesses, particularly in the software and information systems sector, to engage with the NHS in enhancing lung cancer detection and diagnosis processes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations with expertise in providing external quality assurance platforms for medical imaging programmes are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The contract involves responsibilities such as obtaining CT scans, providing a helpline service, generating data reports, and delivering presentations to NHS England.

## Notice

The TLHC programme are looking to procure an external QA platform for radiologists. The external quality assurance of radiologists who report on the TLHC programme forms part of the quality assurance standards published for the programme (the TLHC programme has been signed off and is operational). Once developed, all radiologists who report on the TLHC programme will have to undertake an annual external quality assurance (EQA) test to read low dose CT scans. This will involve radiologists reviewing a set number of CT scans with the results used to benchmark reporting of radiologists with peers. This process will establish a feedback loop, to measure the ongoing quality of radiologists reporting practices. The objectives of having an EQA are to: * Ensure reporting of low dose CT scans is evaluated to flag outliers who have high rates of recalls and high rates of interval cancers being detected. * Ensure radiologists that are outliers receive training and ongoing support overseen by the Responsible Radiologist and Clinical Director of Programme. *To help achieve the TLHC programme's primary objective of diagnosing people who have lung cancer at an earlier stage and identifying those who do not have the disease. *To develop radiologists' ability to detect early lung cancer without incurring unnecessary investigation of clinically unimportant findings in asymptomatic participants. *To provide a professional development platform for radiologists to learn from their reporting practices and benchmark themselves against their peers. *Similar EQA platforms are already in place for other image-based screening programmes, such as breast and colon cancer. Lung cancer is a key focus for the national cancer programme, as Lung has a significant low proportion of diagnoses at stage 1 or 2. There are four core deliverables required: *Overall responsibility for the system - obtaining CT scans for readers to review and develop marking/benchmarking criteria *Provide helpline service to users on an adhoc basis and escalate concerns as necessary *Provide data reports to users on their results, benchmarked against peers, and indicate areas for development *Provide data reports and presentations to NHSE.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/019213cb-9e11-4529-92cb-4c4a244d3ad0 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Nov 2021 |
| Contract period | 23 Nov 2021 - 31 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,043,657 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £885,739 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 30 Jan 2024 at 11:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/019213cb-9e11-4529-92cb-4c4a244d3ad0
- 15 Dec 2021 at 16:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77954b42-58ee-42d2-a298-46ac2688fac1

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/019213cb-9e11-4529-92cb-4c4a244d3ad0
  30th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77954b42-58ee-42d2-a298-46ac2688fac1
  15th December 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/205db4e7-44c6-4bf2-8a4c-d297c197ff7a
  TLHC Contract_Redacted

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