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title: "PICANet Level 2 April 2024 to September 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fc90"
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# PICANet Level 2 April 2024 to September 2025

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fc90

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## Summary

NHS England is seeking to maintain the PICANet Level 2 clinical database services from April 2024 to September 2025. This procurement contract focuses on health services within the UK and involves the collection and analysis of data from Paediatric Critical Care Units across England. The procurement method is limited, and the contract has been awarded to the University of Leeds. Following the award of the 18-month contract, pre-market engagement activities will be conducted before a procurement exercise by September 2025, with the ultimate goal of integrating Level 2 and Level 3 data into a single contract by March 2027.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health data collection, clinical database management, and medical training and support services. Companies with technical expertise in maintaining real-time data systems, especially those experienced in handling high-dependency paediatric critical care data, are well-positioned to collaborate with NHS England. The focus on integrating robust data systems and supporting staff to achieve high compliance with data submission demands will catalyse growth for firms capable of delivering these specialised services.

## Notice

Delivery of all services for the provision of PICANet Level 2 clinical database, including collection and analysis of data from Paediatric Critical Care Units across England.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of the PICANet Level 2 clinical database , including the collection and analysis of data from PIC Level 2 Units in England, and training and support for staff in PCC Units and PCC ODN staff, to support high compliance with requirement to submit data. The PICANet L2 clinical database enables 'near real time' data feed of Level 2 data on Paediatric Critical Care.

The Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) and Surgery in Children (SIC) Review published a Summary Report in November 2019. A key outcome from the review was the development for the capability for PICANet to capture data from all Level 2 paediatric critical care units. In part this is to support another key outcome of the review, which was to establish a local networked model of care supported via ten operational delivery networks (ODNs) across the 7 NHS England regions, supporting critical care and surgical services for children.

Demand for PCC services have increased over the past 20 years, with the most significant growth in demand in recent years being for high dependency PCC. These services had not been consistently commissioned across the country, and clinical data from these services had not been collected universally and consistently to inform the development of PCC services.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the delivery of the Review recommendations had been delayed as regional resources were redeployed. However, it became clear that access to timely critical care data is paramount in being able to support the management of the capacity for all critical care services when demand surges, as it did during the COVID 19 pandemic. PCC ODNs play a central role in delivering an effective surge responses and recovery, therefore access to robust 'near time' data is vital in supporting the ODNs.

The requirement for regular data flow from Level 2 PCC services is, and will continue to be a high priority for paediatric critical care service development. During the winter months and at times of high childhood infections, PCC services consistently experience a surge in demand; efficient flow of PCC patients through the system is essential. This reinforces the importance of the current approach to the future commissioning of PCC Level 2 units.

In 2021, NHS England provided funding for PICANet to pilot the development the PICANet Level 2 clinical database to enable a regular 'near real time' data feed and reporting on Level 2 activity. Level 3 data is currently commissioned on NHSE's behalf via its contract with Health Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and delivered by University of Leeds.

Following completion of the pilot development contract, expanding and maintaining the delivery of the PICANet Level 2 clinical database should now become 'business as usual.'

In the aftermath of the Lucy Letby incident, NHS England is assisting in an urgent review of neonatal services. PICANet data will increasingly be in focus and cessation of the service at this time would be ill-timed.

This proposal seeks to secure an additional 18 months of funding to give sufficient time to carry out pre-market engagement activities followed by a procurement exercise by September 2025. The business case for this (BC-25066) is underway.

Following the procurement exercise, we will commission the of delivery of PICANet Level 2 until March 2027 whereupon we will align the commissioning of both PICANet Level 2 and Level 3 clinical databases into a single contract.

This will be a retrospective STA under Regulation 32 (2) (b), and will be for a duration of 18 months.

### Procurement Information

Maintenance of a clinical database and support services (including collection and analysis of data) for 'near real time' data feed, in order to secure 18 months of funding to allow sufficient time to carry out pre-market engagement activities followed by a procurement exercise by September 2025 (see BC-25066). We will secure a contract for delivery of PICANet Level 2 until March 2027 whereupon we will align the commissioning of both PICANet Level 2 and Level 3 data. This will enable Level 2 and Level 3 data be amalgamated into a single contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012759-2025 |
| 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 | 3 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2025 |
| 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 | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 4AP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Hunslet & Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2025 at 10:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012759-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leeds.ac.uk
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/

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