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title: "Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000551369"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (\"NSS\")"
published: "2018-09-04"
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# Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000551369

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## Summary

The procurement process titled "Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations" has been conducted by The Common Services Agency (NHS National Services Scotland) based in Edinburgh, UK. This initiative falls under the health services industry category and is at the Award stage following a limited procurement method. The contract, valued at £300,000, was signed on 16th July 2018, after having undergone prior planning stages and was initiated without prior publication of a call for competition. The aim of this procurement is to replace paper-based processes with an electronic system that facilitates interoperability among clinical laboratories within Scotland and other parts of the UK.

This tender presents considerable opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses engaged in healthcare technologies and laboratory information systems. Companies specialising in digital health solutions or those with expertise in developing electronic reporting systems would be well-suited to compete for similar future contracts. Additionally, suppliers providing complementary services or advanced functionalities in medical microbiology and histopathology could find valuable prospects for collaboration, especially as the solution is likely to expand to incorporate further health board requirements in the future.

## Notice

NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NSS has procured a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There should also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition to functionality that addresses the requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities, the identified solution will have available functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities. Large volumes of laboratory work flow between the Health Boards within Scotland and to sites elsewhere within the UK. There is a requirement that all this work flow for NHSScotland should be facilitated through electronic systems. Seven boards have/ or will have deployed the same solution to address requirements. This procurement will deliver a solution for at least 7 of the remaining Boards with connection to the 7 Boards with a solution deployed to enable national consistency in process.

Options: Additional Labs, Health Boards and functions may be added.

### Procurement Information

After market research using a PIN notice it was found that only the NPeX solution was being used by other NHS Labs and therefore only the NHS System used in England was suitable as it already had connections to the Majority of NHS Labs. This contract is with an NHS Foundation Trust who provide this service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330322 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 | 4 Sep 2018 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Jul 2018 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £300,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 | CALDERDALE & HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48814400 - Clinical information system
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 4 Sep 2018 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330322
- 24 Jul 2018 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL326402

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL326402
  Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations - NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330322
  Electronic Requesting and Reporting of Examinations - NSS has contracted a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system will deliver a common user interface that enables end to end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There will also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition there are requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities. The identified solution will also have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000551369

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