Published date: 19 May 2016

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


Closing: 31 March 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£66,000

Procurement reference

NHS England 15_10_01

Published date

19 May 2016

Closing date

31 March 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Provision of an automated, online work-flow approvals system to be mandated for use within NHS England as a route for all business cases to go processed through in order to gain approval to buy non-clinical goods and services.

The key requirements of the work-flow approvals system to include:
- A flexible workflow component that can be configured to partially automate and bring existing business processes online.
- Approving or reviewing board papers and business cases.
- Reporting, reviewing and closing incidents.
- A workflow module that is user-configurable without the need for coding.
- Multi-stage and multi-directional workflow that maps to NHS England's existing business processes.
- Multiple question types and sub questions that are shown or hidden depending on answers to other questions.
- The ability to append comments to answers being reviewed, either to request further information or clarify areas of uncertainty.
- Ability to upload of attachments to support approval processes.
- Configurable email notifications.
- Security to restrict workflow to the relevant parties.
- User dashboard to review the status of existing approval processes.

More information

Additional text

The Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 6 Framework has been used as the procurement route to acquire NHS England's Work-Flow Management system for Business Case approvals for non-clinical transactions.

Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£66,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

CoreStream Limited

Address

23 Hanover Square, London, WS1S 1JP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

nhsengland.commercial@nhs.net