Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-24
Buyer: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to enter into a framework agreement with a service provider to provide a system that will enable the Digitisation and review of glass slides within Histopathology.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to work with NHS Lothian to pilot a Digital Pathology system. This pilot will run for 6 months.
Throughout the pilot, the successful supplier will be expected to provide the software and scanning hardware and to implement and support the system throughout NHS GG&C and NHS Lothian, plus provide training to users of the system with a view to a potential future roll out across the Country. This potential second phase is optional and will depend on successful evaluation of the initial pilot as the basis for a business case for wider roll out.
The contract will be set up as an (NHS GG&C) Framework which will allow NHS Health Boards call off from the framework.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to enter into a framework agreement with a service provider to provide a system that will enable the Digitisation and review of glass slides within Histopathology.
One of the major challenges facing Histopathology is the burden of managing, storing and retrieving glass slides. A Digital Pathology system is sought that will eliminate this burden by allowing glass slides to be quickly digitized and for the generated images to be quickly available for review by staff potentially geographically distant from the physical specimen. Advanced functionality in terms of image display and analysis is expected.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) wish to work with NHS Lothian to pilot a Digital Pathology system. This pilot will run for 6 months. They system will be expected to interface with a different Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in each board and other systems where appropriate during the pilot.
Throughout the pilot, the successful supplier will be expected to provide the software and scanning hardware and to implement and support the system throughout NHS GG&C and NHS Lothian, plus provide training to users of the system with a view to a potential future roll out across the Country. This potential second phase is optional and will depend on successful evaluation of the initial pilot as the basis for a business case for wider roll out.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GG&C) reserves the right not to award a framework as part of this procurement.
The contract will be set up as an (NHS GG&C) Framework which will allow NHS Health Boards call off from the framework. Suppliers will be required to deliver the solution both in the pilot phase and potential roll out phase as an Managed Technical Service.
ESPD Q.4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 300 000 GBP for the last 2 years: Please provide annual accounts for the relevant 2 years.
ESPD Q.4B.1.1 Suppliers must demonstrate the following financial capacity over the last two years: Turnover of 300 000 GBP per annum over last 2 financial years.
Q.4B.5.1. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
4C.1.2 Please provide details of three relevant examples of services carried out during the last three years as specified in the Contract.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable.

Award value: 5000000