Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-11-26
Buyer: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48180000 | 48814000: Medical information systems | 72212180 | 85150000: Medical imaging services

Technical requirements: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is considering procuring an Ophthalmology Telemedicine and Image Workflow Management solution.
UHB is seeking to engage with potential suppliers of a Telemedicine and Image Workflow Management solution for its Ophthalmology speciality.
The purpose of the envisaged solution will be to enable the transformation of clinical care by seamlessly connecting community optometry, hospital clinicians and patients.
The envisaged solution will support data collection via customisable and dynamic patient questionnaires, capture and transfer of patient data and large ophthalmic images, remote clinical triage and review, full integration with ophthalmic hardware manufacturers and UHB’s IT systems, and mechanism to feedback to optometrists and patients. To support clinical flow the system must be user-friendly and intuitive, fast and easy to enter patient outcomes which are automatically actioned and communicated with patients and their referrer.
Prior to any future procurement process, UHB will be holding a supplier engagement event in order to present an outline of the requirements to interested providers and give an opportunity for providers to ask questions and seek clarification where necessary.
Provisionally, It is UHB's intention to hold this engagement event on the morning of 17.12.2019. Suppliers wishing to attend should register their interest via the online response form on the Bravo Portal (Instructions below)
Confirmation of the date, time, location and format of the engagement event will be provided to interested suppliers shortly.
The authority also intends to share a draft/outline specification with interested suppliers, prior to the planned engagement event.
Suppliers wishing to express an interest in attending the supplier engagement event should register via the online form on the Bravo Portal by 15.00 on 5.12.2019.
Bravo reference of online form: ppq__28576 ‘Ophthalmology Telemedicine and Image Workflow Management Pre-market Engagement’
— browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/login.html and click the link to register,
— click the 'PQQ/ITTs open to all suppliers' link (these are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier),
— this will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITTs' page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining),
— there may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.