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title: "The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000551399"
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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: "2019-05-08"
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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-r6ebe6-0000551399

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Common Services Agency, known as NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), which is seeking an Innovation Partner to provide a Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) service aimed at integrating this solution within NHS Scotland. The procurement, classified under the health industry, is currently at the award stage, having completed the tender phase. Key dates include the contract signing on 30th April 2019 and a total value of £400,000. The service will be delivered across all Health Boards within NHS Scotland.

This contract presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those focused on innovative medical technologies and managed healthcare solutions. Companies with experience in providing diagnostic services, patient management systems, and IT integration for healthcare projects would be particularly well-suited to compete for the opportunity. The unique setup, requiring a comprehensive package from patient preparation to video reporting, encourages firms with a strong track record in delivering integrated health services to engage in this tender.

## 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.. 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.

Renewal: Following completion of Phase 1 the Authority will either: terminate the agreement; extend to the agreement; re-negotiate the agreement with the Innovation Partner and enter into Phase 2. Phase 2 will see the widespread adoption of the service. The duration of Phase 1 of the contract will be 6 months. The Authority envisages that the total contract duration will be 4 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY353872 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Innovation partnership |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 May 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Dec 2018 |
| Future notice date | 1 Sep 2018 |
| Award date | 30 Apr 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £400,000 |

## 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 | 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

- 8 May 2019 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY353872
- 7 Nov 2018 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV336720
- 24 Jul 2018 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL326351

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL326351&idx=1
  27th July 2018 - PIN Notice Information
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL326351
  The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service - The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service integrated into the NHS across Scotland
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV336720
  The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service - 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.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY353872
  The provision of a CCE (Colon Capsule Endoscopy), delivery, reading and reporting service - 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.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000551399
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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