--- title: "App - Personalised Care Plans support choice for pregnant women" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2020-01-06" --- # App - Personalised Care Plans support choice for pregnant women Buyer: N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c91155ad-46dd-47c0-a947-03451e893a0a.json) ## Summary The N E L Commissioning Support Unit is currently engaged in the planning stage of a procurement process for the development of an application that supports the Personalised Care Plans for pregnant women in Northamptonshire. This tender, titled "App - Personalised Care Plans support choice for pregnant women," falls within the IT services industry, particularly focusing on consulting, software development, and support. Interested parties must submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) forms by 12pm on 10th January 2020, with documents and further details provided in an earlier market engagement notice published on 24th December 2019. The delivery addresses for this project are located in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom. This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with proven capabilities in developing NHS-related applications. Companies specialising in IT and health services, particularly those with expertise in user-friendly app development for maternity care, are well-suited to compete for this contract. By participating, businesses can contribute to enhancing the maternity experience for pregnant women while expanding their market presence in the healthcare sector. ## Notice Pregnant women will have more influence over the care and support they receive thanks to the introduction of the Personalised Care Plan (PCP) to Northamptonshire. PCPs are completed and owned by women individually, and enables them to set out their values, priorities, expectations and concerns about their maternity journeys before, during and after they give birth. The Northamptonshire PCP was launched in August 2019, link below: https://www.northamptonshirehcp.co.uk/2019/09/https-www-northamptonshirehcp-co-uk-2019-09-personalised-carr-pregnant-women/ The Northamptonshire's PCP template has been developed through engagement with maternity service users as well as midwives, health visitors, obstetricians and local maternity care leaders. * The PCPs will provide a tool for women to document and share what is important to them about the care they receive and the decisions they make. * The PCP covers 'About me', 'health and wellbeing in pregnancy', 'personalised birth preferences', 'after your baby is born', 'birth reflections'. This can be completed electronically or printed. * They also give women opportunities to identify, at different stages of their pregnancy, if they need more information in order to make choices. * Bengali, Romanian, Lithuanian and Polish-language versions are available and electronic versions of PCPs are set to be developed as an option for women if they prefer. Northamptonshire CCGs are looking to engage with suppliers who can provide/develop an Application (app) with the features specified in the attached Expression of Interest (EOI) Form, including, but not limited to; * Provide a digital version of the Northamptonshire PCP, which was launched in August 2019. * Provide Information about the local maternity units. * Appointments which feed into the calendar for Apple iOS, Android OS and other operating systems. * Provide detailed evidence based information (as agreed and audited by Maternity staff/obstetricians/service users) on pregnancy, (including health and wellbeing, antenatal care, getting ready for birth and beyond) * Provide labour and birth, (including early signs of labour, what to expect in labour and birth, assisted birth, immediately after giving birth) * Provide Postnatal care (including postnatal care explained/breastfeeding/mental health/physical health and wellbeing, baby practicalities, caring for your baby and compliant with Baby Friendly Initiative) * Allow users to provide feedback to NHS/PALS and the App supplier * Proven track record in successfully delivering NHS apps to other NHS organisations * Delivered prior to March 2020. Suppliers can express an interest by completing the attached EOI form. If your organisation is able to meet all of the criteria set out in the EOI form, only then will your organisation be offered the opportunity to take part in the next steps. Please email your EOI form to nelcsu.procurementnorthants@nhs.net by no later than 12pm (noon), Friday 10th January 2020. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a504f091-38e6-4f6b-85d2-251d402aa6ca | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Jan 2020 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Jan 2020 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | NORTHAMPTON | | Post town | Northampton | | Postcode | NN3 6BJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF24 West Northamptonshire | | Local authority | West Northamptonshire | | Electoral ward | Boothville and Parklands | | Westminster constituency | Northampton North | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 6 Jan 2020 at 09:38 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a504f091-38e6-4f6b-85d2-251d402aa6ca - 24 Dec 2019 at 11:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a504f091-38e6-4f6b-85d2-251d402aa6ca ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a504f091-38e6-4f6b-85d2-251d402aa6ca 6th January 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7bba4bb8-69e5-41db-8320-ae83c3b349a0 Expression of Interest Form ## Notice URLs - https://www.northamptonshirehcp.co.uk/2019/09/https-www-northamptonshirehcp-co-uk-2019-09-personalised-carr-pregnant-women/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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