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title: "National Solution for Scotland Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Patient Management Support System"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000796477"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)"
published: "2025-04-15"
---

# National Solution for Scotland Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Patient Management Support System

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000796477

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## Summary

The Common Services Agency, widely known as NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), is in the planning stage for a procurement process aiming to implement a national patient management IT support system for the newborn hearing screening programme. This service will be crucial across all NHSScotland health boards, ensuring consistency and adherence to the recommendations set in the Scottish National audiology review. The procurement category falls under services within the health industry, specifically concerning IT solutions for newborn hearing screening. Located in Edinburgh, the buying organisation has released a planned procurement notice with relevant documentation published on 15th April 2025, indicating a preliminary notice release scheduled for 3rd November 2025. Interested parties are required to submit their completed documentation by 16th May 2025 at 12:00 PM.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare IT solutions, patient management systems, and data integration services. Companies that can deliver high resilience, interoperable solutions capable of real-time data reporting and robust failover and disaster recovery mechanisms are particularly well-suited to compete. By participating in this procurement process, businesses can potentially secure a contract with NHSScotland, facilitating enhanced operational capabilities and patient care across Scotland. The tender is ideal for vendors capable of supporting both otoacoustic emissions and automated auditory brainstem response models within the newborn hearing screening programme.

## Notice

NHSScotland is exploring options for a single national patient management IT support solution for the newborn hearing screening programme that will ensure consistent application across all of NHSScotland. This will replace the existing systems across Health Boards and action the recommendation set out in the Scottish National audiology review 'To recommend a strategic direction for an IT solution to support newborn hearing screening across all Health Boards".

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHSScotland is exploring options for a single national patient management IT support solution for the newborn hearing screening programme that will ensure consistent application across all of NHSScotland. This will replace the existing systems across Health Boards and action the recommendation set out in the Scottish National audiology review 'To recommend a strategic direction for an IT solution to support newborn hearing screening across all Health Boards". The aims of the programme are: - To identify permanent moderate, severe, and profound hearing impairment in newborn babies (more than 40dB of loss in the better ear). The Newborn Hearing screening programme offers all parents/carers/legal guardians in Scotland the opportunity to have their baby's hearing screened shortly after birth. Early identification gives babies a better 'life chance' of developing speech and language skills and of making the most of social and emotional interaction from an early age. - To support the screening programme with IT processes, which will maximise patient safety and ensure effective communication at all parts of the screening pathway. There are currently two screening models used to perform the newborn hearing screening assessment in Scotland, the otoacoustic emissions (OAE) model and the automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) model. These use different techniques to evaluate the hearing pathway of the infant. The system will be required to support both screening model. The screening pathways can be found as appendices. The national solution will need to: - Integrate and be interoperable with NHS Scotland existing systems as specified. - Provide efficient local and national reporting. - Provide real time data (e.g. providing alerts to flag identification of outstanding screens, provide up to date reporting) - Be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and must have an extremely high degree of resilience in order to minimise any periods of scheduled or unscheduled downtime. Vendors of future solutions should note that this resilience should include but not be limited to Failover and Disaster Recovery of the system with limited technical intervention.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528423 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 15 Apr 2025 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528423

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR528423&idx=1
  15th April 2025 - PIN Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR528423
  National Solution for Scotland Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Patient Management Support System - NHSScotland is exploring options for a single national patient management IT support solution for the newborn hearing screening programme that will ensure consistent application across all of NHSScotland. This will replace the existing systems across Health Boards and action the recommendation set out in the Scottish National audiology review 'To recommend a strategic direction for an IT solution to support newborn hearing screening across all Health Boards".

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=796477
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000796477

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