Published date: 6 November 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 November 2018

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP353427810

Published date

6 November 2018

Closing date

23 November 2018

Contract start date

1 May 2019

Contract end date

30 April 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust seeks market engagement to inform and support the potential procurement of a School Immunisation System.

The Digitisation of School Nursing Immunisations Project looks to replace current manual processes with an electronic system to support all aspects of the Schools Immunisation service, including:
•Scheduling of all immunisations sessions and their associated events
•Collection of information from parents via an online form
•Pre-clinic assessment including filtering of completed forms
•Real-time monitoring at school level
•Creation of electronic clinic lists
•Data capture at immunisation sessions
•Import of data into clinical system (Systm One) including records matching
•Automation of various processes e.g. communications with schools and parents, vaccine ordering

Immunisation covers the following vaccines:
• Flu Immunisations
• Men/ACWY-meningitis and septicaemia
• DTP- diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and pertussis
• HPV- Human Papilloma Virus

It is expected that the project will deliver improvements measured against the following objectives:
•Quality of care
•Patient satisfaction
•Integrated Care
•Staff Productivity
•Staff satisfaction
•Cost Optimisation
•Revenue enhancement
•Management information


The scope of the project includes:

•All schools in Dorset Approx 300 +
•All relevant school nurses or other Trust staff 60+
•Primary immunisation to be deployed on an academic term time basis.
•Proposed deployment ready for autumn term 2019.

Future development: once immunisation has concluded, other Services are potential candidates for inclusion. Core reference data (e.g. locations) and functionality (e.g. pupil lists) could be extended in a modular fashion to other appropriate Services.

Technical: system will need to integrate with relevant Trust EPR's.

Commercial: Contract length likely to be an initial 3 yrs. with possible renewal. Value of contract for the lifetime of the project including support & maintenance likely to be in £100k+

Interested parties should in the first instance contact Craig Miles craig.miles1@nhs.net by 14:00hrs on 23rd of November.

Those who express an interest may be invited to visit members of our project team in Dorset to discuss how they may be able to work with us to provide a solution, on a confidential and without prejudice basis.

All options including an off the shelf or bespoke software package or fully managed solution will be considered

The format of meetings will be advised at a later date, dependant on level of interest. However the dates that we have pre booked are on the 3rd in Dorchester and 6th of December in Blandford.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Interested parties should in the first instance contact Craig Miles craig.miles1@nhs.net by 14:00hrs on 23rd of November.

Those who express an interest may be invited to visit members of our project team in Dorset to discuss how they may be able to work with us to provide a solution, on a confidential and without prejudice basis.

All options including an off the shelf or bespoke software package or fully managed solution will be considered

The format of meetings will be advised at a later date, dependant on level of interest. However the dates that we have pre booked are on the 3rd in Dorchester and 6th of December in Blandford.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

Sentinel House
4-6 Nuffield Road
Poole
BH17 0RB
UK

Telephone

01202277277

Email

craig.miles1@nhs.net