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# Provision of IT Platform for Referral Management and Advice and Guidance to Somerset Integrated Care Board

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-it-platform-for-referral-management-and-advice-and-guidance-to-somerset-integ-ocds-h6vhtk-03959e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Provision of IT Platform for Referral Management and Advice and Guidance to Somerset Integrated Care Board". Published status: active. Published Value: £504,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-somerset-integrated-care-board-nhs-qsl)
- **Published Value:** £504,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 February 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software-related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03959e`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-it-platform-for-referral-management-and-advice-and-guidance-to-somerset-integ-ocds-h6vhtk-03959e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-it-platform-for-referral-management-and-advice-and-guidance-to-somerset-integ-ocds-h6vhtk-03959e#participate

## Description
NHS Somerset are seeking expressions of interest from organisations to provide an asynchronous and synchronous IT solution for the provision of Advice and Guidance between practitioners and clinicians for use by all within their respective Integrated Care System.
A robust and effective Advice and Guidance digital platform solution is central to the vision outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan of 'one click away' specialist advice and guidance for primary care. 
The Commissioner requires the provision to support senior clinician advice and guidance for acute care pre-admission/pre referral communications between Primary care (including community and paramedic staff) and Secondary care for use across both Urgent and Planned Care pathways, and to enable uploading and sending documents and images from mobile devices/laptops to support patient outcome and ease of access to the health care providers.
The contract will be let for an initial period of 2 years, with optional extension of up to a further 2 years, to a maximum total length of 4 years. The value for the initial 1st year term is £252,000 and the maximum whole life (2 year) value is £504,000. All values provided are inclusive of any non-recoverable VAT.
This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £504,000

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000418-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-06T14:45:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:00:17.591Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03959e