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title: "The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service"
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# The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a49e

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## Summary

The Common Services Agency, also known as NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), has extended its current agreement with Medtronic Limited for an additional six months, until 31st March 2025. This procurement initiative, under the title "The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service," is categorised under medical imaging services. It targets an innovative solution integrated across all health boards within NHS Scotland, aiming to improve patient outcomes and streamline the endoscopy process. Initially in the tender stage, this contract has now reached the award stage, having been signed on 27th September 2024. This framework includes a structured service delivery protocol and IT integration for seamless operational functionality.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in medical imaging and endoscopic technologies, particularly those capable of developing integrated managed services. The contract seeks an innovation partner able to deliver a comprehensive Colon Capsule Endoscopy service, encompassing patient preparation, procedure delivery, and video analysis. It is especially attractive to businesses that can provide high-quality technical support and IT integration, ensuring the smooth operation of endoscopy procedures within the NHS framework. The partnership aims to convert innovative health technologies into practical, scalable solutions, with potential for trial expansion and full-scale adoption across NHS Scotland.

## Notice

The requirement for this procurement is to identify an Innovation Partner who will develop an innovative CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy) managed service integrated into the NHS across Scotland with the aim of improving the patient journey, improving outcomes and reducing the requirement for traditional hospital-based optical colonoscopy procedures. The Innovation Partner will provide colon endoscopy capsules and a delivery, reading and reporting service to NHS Scotland.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHSScotland is looking identify an Innovation Partner who will develop an innovative CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy) managed service integrated into the NHS across Scotland with the aim of improving the patient journey, improving outcomes and reducing the requirement for traditional hospital-based optical colonoscopy procedures. Innovation Partner who will perform CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service including all, or some of the following components: -Patient preparation: - critical for a clean and timely video and outcome -Inform the patient, setting appointment, managing consent -Provide patient with preparation medication and guidelines -Assess patient's ability to be well prepared -Procedure delivery: - managed delivery with structured approach - -Meet the patient in their community (home, primary care centre, other health service centre) -Re-assessing ability to conduct successful procedure -Support the patient in correct placement of belt & recorder -Support the patient with capsule ingestion and dealing with potential adverse events -Assist remotely when needed -Receive returned equipment, uploading of video, managing equipment -Video analysis: - timely, save and efficient delivery of report - -Receive (de-identified) patient video -Pre-read the video -Validate findings -Create comprehensive report -Transmit report electronically to referring consultant In addition, in regards to IT integration, the service will be able to seamlessly refer a patient to a video capsule endoscopy and receive the report the same way as any other endoscopy report. This includes scheduling of follow-ups as well as integration into patient records such as SCIStore and with Trakcare. Users of alternative endoscopy management systems could be connected into the NHS IT infrastructure. It will also provide a dedicated portal is available for additional status reporting and other information for patients, care takers and consultants. The proposed Innovation Partnership will consist of two distinct phases. Phase 1 consists of a circa 500 patient trial which will determine the clinical and economical viability of this innovative service. Following completion of Phase 1 the Authority will either: terminate the agreement; extend into Phase 2 with no change to the agreement; re-negotiate a number of points with the Innovation Partner and enter into Phase 2. Any renegotiation of the contract following phase 1 will be in line with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Phase 2 will see the widespread adoption of the service across NHS Scotland. Additional information: It is envisaged that one (1) Innovation Partner will be awarded the contract. Please note, the contract value given in this Contract Notice is an indicative figure. Given this is a new innovative approach the final value of the contract could vary substantially.

### Procurement Information

This is a six-month extension to the current awarded supplier in order to complete the final number of funded procedures

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031372-2024 |
| Notice type | 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Sep 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £400,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | 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 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MEDTRONIC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33168000 - Endoscopy, endosurgery devices
- 85150000 - Medical imaging services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2024 at 13:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031372-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000779100
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:496385-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=779100
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883

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