Published date: 18 August 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 24 November 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£33,163

Procurement reference

HRA/RSP/ACC

Published date

18 August 2021

Closing date

24 November 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

30 November 2020

Contract end date

29 November 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Provision of Accessibility Audit services to the HRA RS programme:
The Health Research Authority is seeking a supplier to provide an accessibility audit of the first modules of a new online service, ahead of GDS assessment in December 2020.
The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) is delivered by the HRA on behalf of the IRAS partners, including the devolved administrations. The online system is used to apply for permission to start health and social care research in the UK. It contains guidance for applicants, as well as an intuitive application form. The new version of the system is built using a Pega platform. Some screen shots that show example screen already built are given in the Appendix.
IRAS is being redeveloped as part of the HRA's Research Systems programme, a multi-phase agile programme of development spanning the next four years. Future modules will enable applications for additional study types to be made using the new system and will surface information from the system on a public-facing website for a non-expert audience.
Users of the current modules are professionals applying for approvals for health and social care research studies.
At this time the audit should focus on three key user journeys:
• A user making a new application for a Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP) as part of the Combined Ways of Working (CWoW) programme
• A user submitting an amendment for a trial already in progress
• A user booking a slot at a Research Ethics Committee

The HRA is aiming for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance and would like the system to be manually tested using the following software and browser combinations:

Software Version Browser
JAWS (desktop screen reader) 18 or later Chrome
NVDA (desktop screen reader) Latest Firefox
VoiceOver (ioS screen reader) Latest Safari (version 12 or later)
TalkBack (mobile screen read-er) Latest Chrome
Windows Magnifier or Apple Zoom (screen magnifiers) Latest Any
Dragon (speech recognition) 15 or later Internet Explorer 11

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

24 November 2020

Contract start date

30 November 2020

Contract end date

29 November 2022

Total value of contract

£33,163

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NOMENSA LTD

Address

King William House,13 Queen Square
BRISTOL
BS1 4NT
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 04214477

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Denise King

Address

Quarry House
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

Denise.King@dhsc.gov.uk