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title: "National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Data Validation Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04cd73"
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buyer: "COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
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# National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Data Validation Services

Buyer: COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cd73

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## Summary

The procurement process for a "National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Data Validation Services" was led by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This framework aims to provide NHS organisations in the UK with specialised support for testing and validating patient data during the transition from legacy Patient Administration Systems to modern Electronic Patient Record systems. The procurement falls under the data services category, covering a range of services including system quality assurance and data management. This open procedure, part of an active award phase, has already seen active contracts as of late May 2025. The framework agreement allows extensions beyond its initial term of two years, with the awarding process having engaged multiple suppliers like Insource Select Limited and Acumentice Ltd.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in data services, especially those specialising in system quality assurance, data analysis, and management. Companies with expertise in healthcare data validation and migration support are particularly well-suited to compete, as the framework caters to NHS organisations requiring assistance with complex data quality issues during system upgrades. Involvement under such a national framework can provide substantial business growth, both by establishing long-term relationships with healthcare providers and by enhancing one’s portfolio with high-profile projects. SMEs like Aire Logic Limited and Answer Digital Limited have already secured roles, showcasing that businesses of varying scales are encouraged to participate.

## Notice

The Contracting Authority has set up a national framework agreement that will enable NHS Organisations to access highly specialised support to enable the testing and validation of patient data, as part of the process of migrating from a legacy PAS to a modern EPR system.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A number of NHS organisations are currently migrating, or are expected to migrate from a legacy Patient Administration System (PAS) to modern Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems. Many legacy PAS are not Referral to Treatment (RTT) compliant and, therefore, RTT Pathways and associated Events for migration have to be manually manufactured from existing referrals and outcomes. There may also be significant data quality issues with legacy data that will impact on the management and integrity of that data prior to implementation of a new EPR system. NHS organisations may lack in-house expertise and/or capacity to undertake the necessary data cleansing exercises and may require expert assistance in undertaking a data validation exercise prior to the Client's planned migration of its legacy PAS to a modern EPR system. The objective of this framework is to provide NHS Organisations ("the Clients") with expert assistance in undertaking data validation exercises prior to and following a Client's planned migration of its PAS to a modern EPR system. This includes the validation of incomplete pathways, incomplete waiting lists and duplicated pathways as well as understanding the data quality issues that could facilitate the RTT migration to the EPR system and the Client's Covid-19 restoration and recovery work. This will enable the NHS Organisations to: * provide assurance to the Board, CCGs and patients of the accuracy of the patient data held, and particularly how this is managed in relation to supporting RTT and other associated patient access standards, * improve the quality of patient data held within the EPR and support the optimal use of the EPR from implementation. The Supplier will ensure that effective knowledge transfer takes place and will help the Client to develop an in-house central validation and booking team to achieve business as usual booking and reporting post the EPR implementation.

Options: The framework will run for a term of 2 years with options to extend for up to a further 2 years in annual increments.

Renewal: The framework agreement may be extended for up to a further 24 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028669-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Feb 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000,000 |
| Lots value | £10,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Additional buyers | A FULL LIST OF ELIGIBLE USERS IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.COCH-CPS.CO.UK/; THE ELIGIBLE USERS OF THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR UNRESTRICTED AND FULL DIRECT ACCESS, FREE OF CHARGE AT: WWW.NHSSOURCING.CO.UK |
| Locality | CHESTER |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode | CH2 1UL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Upton |
| Westminster constituency | Chester North and Neston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 5 |
| Supplier names | ACUMENTICE; AIRE LOGIC; ANSWER DIGITAL; IDEAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS; INSOURCE SELECT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72311000 - Computer tabulation services
- 72311100 - Data conversion services
- 72312100 - Data preparation services
- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 72320000 - Database services
- 72321000 - Added-value database services
- 72322000 - Data management services
- 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services
- 72920000 - Computer catalogue conversion services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79996100 - Records management
- 80511000 - Staff training services

## Release History

- 30 May 2025 at 09:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028669-2025
- 2 May 2025 at 14:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018839-2025
- 6 Jan 2025 at 09:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000142-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.coch.nhs.uk
- http://www.nhssourcing.co.uk
- https://www.coch-cps.co.uk/

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