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title: "Digital Image Capture, Referral and Integration Solution"
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# Digital Image Capture, Referral and Integration Solution

Buyer: NSS - NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ec86

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## Summary

The National Services Scotland (NSS) is procuring a Digital Image Capture, Referral, and Integration Solution. This project falls under the goods main procurement category and aims to enable the secure transfer of digital images in healthcare. The tender, titled "Digital Image Capture, Referral and Integration Solution," has been completed, with an active award status as of 2023-11-07. The contract, valued at 561,000 GBP, has been signed. The buying organisation NSS, based in Edinburgh, is seeking to implement innovative technology to improve healthcare processes.

This procurement process offers opportunities for businesses in the software package and information systems industry. The tender, using an open procurement method, focuses on quality criteria such as functional requirements and non-functional requirements, alongside cost criteria like pricing. Companies specialising in image-processing software packages and Dermatology services might find this procurement suitable for participation. The contract period lasts 1,440 days, providing a stable opportunity for businesses to collaborate with NSS in advancing healthcare services through technological solutions.

## Notice

The digital image capture referral and integration solution uniquely enables the capture and inclusion of triage quality image(s) via a technology solution as part of the primary care referral process to secondary care Dermatology services to enable the safe, secure, effective and efficient taking and transfer of digital images across multiple national and local systems. The technology overcomes the GDPR issue of images being stored locally, enabling consultant Dermatologists to conduct improved Active Clinical Referral Triage (ACRT) to determine if a face-to-face appointment is required. This is expected to deliver significant benefits, for example, reduces the number of face-to-face secondary appointments, facilitates more accurate allocation of referral priority, reduces waiting times for specialist treatment and offers quality of life and patient satisfaction as conventional referral. This is a first-generation project derived from the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) Pathway. This is an initiative focused on using technology to fast-track proven innovations into the healthcare frontline on a Once for Scotland basis.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This innovation uniquely enables the capture and inclusion of triage quality image(s) via a technology solution (App) as part of the primary care referral process to secondary care Dermatology services. The technology solution overcomes the GDPR issue of images being stored locally, enabling consultant Dermatologists to conduct improved Active Clinical Referral Triage (ACRT) to determine if a face-to-face appointment is required. The service is intended to: 1. Reduce the number of face-to-face secondary care appointments required; 2. Facilitate more accurate allocation of referral priority 3. Reduce waiting times for specialist treatment, and 4. Offer similar clinical outcomes, quality of life and patient satisfaction as conventional referral.

Renewal: Health Boards will have the option to call-off from the Framework. The initial term of the call-off contracts will be 2 years with options of 3 annual extensions thereafter. However a fixed price is required for a three-year period (two-year initial term plus one-year of the extended call-off terms available).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035139-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Nov 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £930,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £561,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NSS - NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND |
| Additional buyers | THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS") |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Larkhall |
| Westminster constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CONSULTANT CONNECT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48328000 - Image-processing software package
- 85121282 - Dermatology services

## Release History

- 29 Nov 2023 at 09:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035139-2023
- 2 Aug 2023 at 15:10 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022502-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000750198
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

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