Official UK procurement notice
Digital Image Capture, Referral and Integration Solution
Authority: NSS - National Services Scotland·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe digital image capture referral and integration solution uniquely enables the capture and inclusion of triage quality image(s) via a technology solution as part of the primary care referral process to secondary care Dermatology services to enable the safe, secure, effective and efficient taking and transfer of digital images across multiple national and local systems.
The technology overcomes the GDPR issue of images being stored locally, enabling consultant Dermatologists to conduct improved Active Clinical Referral Triage (ACRT) to determine if a face-to-face appointment is required. This is expected to deliver significant benefits, for example, reduces the number of face-to-face secondary appointments, facilitates more accurate allocation of referral priority, reduces waiting times for specialist treatment and offers quality of life and patient satisfaction as conventional referral.
This is a first-generation project derived from the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) Pathway.
This is an initiative focused on using technology to fast-track proven innovations into the healthcare frontline on a Once for Scotland basis.
CPV: Dermatology services · Image-processing software package · Software package and information systems
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 11 bids received (11.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This innovation uniquely enables the capture and inclusion of triage quality image(s)…AwardedRenewal
This innovation uniquely enables the capture and inclusion of triage quality image(s) via a technology solution (App) as part of the primary care referral process to secondary care Dermatology services.
The technology solution overcomes the GDPR issue of images being stored locally, enabling consultant Dermatologists to conduct improved Active Clinical Referral Triage (ACRT) to determine if a face-to-face appointment is required.
The service is intended to:
- Reduce the number of face-to-face secondary care appointments required;
- Facilitate more accurate allocation of referral priority
- Reduce waiting times for specialist treatment, and
- Offer similar clinical outcomes, quality of life and patient satisfaction as conventional referral.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality criterion: Functional Requirements: 30%
- Quality criterion: Non-Functional Requirements: 20%
- Quality criterion: Implementation: 10%
- Quality criterion: Demonstrations: 10%
- Cost criterion: Price: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality criterion: Functional Requirements: 30
- Quality criterion: Non-Functional Requirements: 20
- Quality criterion: Implementation: 10
- Quality criterion: Demonstrations: 10
- Cost criterion: Price: 30
- Suitability
Please refer to the details provided on the SPD document.
- Economic & financial standing
The Bidder should provide its yearly (“specific”) turnover in the business area(s) covered by the contract and specified in the relevant Contract Notice: 3 Fiscal Years
All Contractors must confirm that if required by NSS following evaluation of response to SPD, a Parent Company Guarantee will be provided that is deemed to be satisfactory to the Authority.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
Minimum: Employers liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP; Public liability insurance: 1 000 000 GBP; Professional indemnity insurance: 1 000 000 GBP Aggregate liability indemnity: 2 000 000 GBP
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Digital Image Capture, Referral and Integration Solution” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Aug 2023, 16:10 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Nov 2023, 09:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
NP510023- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035139- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ec86Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
See procurement documents
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Framework Agreement has be entered into will not affect the Framework Agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Framework Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:750198)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Timeline
4 Sept 2023 → 5 Feb 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
- Notice published29 Nov 2023, 09:13 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until5 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Nov 2023- Status changed to complete29 Nov 2023, 09:13 GMT
- Buyer details updated29 Nov 2023, 09:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 035139-2023-NP510023-1
- Signed
- 7 Nov 2023
- Value
- £561,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Consultant ConnectFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria