Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-03-05
Buyer: Universitätsklinikum Aachen AöR (University Hospital Aachen - UKA)
Country: DE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 33100000 | 33195000 | 33197000 | 48000000
Estimated value: 1719620 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: Horizon Europe

Technical requirements: THALEA II — Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) to Buy a Complete System, Offering Necessary Hardware and Software for a Highly-interoperable and -Integrated Tele Intensive Care Cockpit
The procurement aims to purchase 3 units of innovative solutions corresponding to a purchase volume of approximately EUR 1,9 million that address the following challenge:
The procurers of THALEA II are planning to purchase a complete system, offering necessary hardware and software for a highly-interoperable and -integrated Tele Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Cockpit system that assists intensive care specialists in academic telemedical command centres. First line purpose of such an application will be real-time or near-to-real-time data extraction, aggregation, and presentation enabling an intensive care specialist in a telemedical ICU to oversee large patient populations in different ICUs. The innovative solutions to be procured must outperform existing solutions that are widely available on the market.
The procurement aims to purchase 2 units of innovative solutions corresponding to a purchase volume of approximately EUR 1.3 million  that address the following challenge: The procurers of THALEA II are planning to purchase a complete system, offering necessary hardware and software for a highly-interoperable and -integrated Tele Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Cockpit system that assists intensive care specialists in academic telemedical command centres. First line purpose of such an application will be real-time or near-to-real-time data extraction, aggregation, and presentation enabling an intensive care specialist in a telemedical ICU to oversee large patient populations indifferent ICUs. The innovative solutions to be procured must outperform existing solutions that are widely available on the market regarding the following requirements (non-exclusive list):
— manufacturer-independent data extraction from different source systems (preferably patient data management systems (PDMS) or if not present hospital information systems (HIS));
— Smart, intelligent observation/interpretation of lab values and vital signs, empowered by computational intelligence, using machine learning algorithms.
This procurement receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement No 689041 — THALEA II.
The procurement aims to purchase 1 unit of innovative solution of a purchase volume of approximately EUR 0.58 million that address the following challenge: The procurers of THALEA II are planning to purchase a complete system, offering necessary hardware and software for a highly-interoperable and -integrated Tele Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Cockpit system that assists intensive care specialists in academic telemedical command centres. First line purpose of such an application will be real-time or near-to-real-time data extraction, aggregation, and presentation enabling an intensive care specialist in a telemedical ICU to oversee large patient populations indifferent ICUs. The innovative solutions to be procured must outperform existing solutions that are widely available on the market regarding the following requirements (non-exclusive list):
— manufacturer-independent data extraction from different source systems (preferably patient data management systems (PDMS) or if not present hospital information systems (HIS));
This procurement receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement No 689041 - THALEA II.
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Winner: Philips GmbH Market DACH
Award value: 1719620
Number of bids: 1