Published date: 28 July 2022

This notice was replaced on 28 July 2022

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Opportunity (published 28 July 2022, last edited 29 July 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • IT software package - 48517000

Location of contract

LS1 4PL

Value of contract

£27,900

Procurement reference

CF-1002400D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

28 July 2022

Closing date

29 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2022

Contract end date

30 November 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to Radiopaedia.

The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.

HEE is seeking a provider to support specific curriculum requirements of HEE Radiology Training Programme.

HEE believes that it is highly unlikely for any other supplier to be able to provide the following skills/tools provided by Radiopaedia as a current supplier for the following reasons:

1.Radiopaedia.org is a rapidly growing open-edit radiology resource primarily compiled by radiologists and radiology residents/registrars and fellows from across the globe. They have open credentials and desire to create a free world-class resource are similar to those of Wikipedia. However, the importance of accurate information means that checks and balances of additions are required for Radiopaedia.org and our editors provide this. They constantly review additions and changes to articles and cases, something that is facilitated by being spread around the globe through a variety of time zones.

2.A Radiopaedia.org supporter is someone who values what we are trying to accomplish, and is willing to help us with small periodic financial contributions to help build:
-innovative educational features
-enhanced medical information in the radiology reference section
-enhanced teaching facilities such as new presentation and quiz features
-continuous improvement of the website
-accessibility of radiology information to medical professionals in developing countries

3.Radiopaedia.org is built from two major components:
-articles: collaborative efforts to provide a single atomic page on any and all topics relevant to the practice of radiology
-cases: pages that present a case to the community - these belong to the contributing user although they can be viewed by the community and added to articles, tutorials or quizzes

4. An integral part of Radiopaedia.org is that it is collaborative. As such, articles are written and edited by a great many users over a period of time. Although this can be intimidating at first, the end result is something far more valuable than what can be achieved purely through individual effort. They like properly referenced content with subscription-free (open access) references allowing readers and editors to cross-check the validity of articles and their content.

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All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family eTendering portal.

If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice.

The financial envelope for this PIN is £27,900.00

The closing date of this PIN is 12:00hrs (midday) on 29/08/2022


About the buyer

Contact name

Matthew Lawson

Address

Duncan St
Leeds
LS1 4PL
United Kingdom

Email

matthew.lawson@hee.nhs.uk