Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-12-15
Buyer: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48180000 | 48814000: Medical information systems | 48814400
Estimated value: 640000 GBP

Technical requirements: This contract is for the provision of an electronic blood tracking solution which is deployed on-premise and is a secure computerised system that ensures only authorised staff are able to access the system. The solution is required to have electronic storage controls to ensure only authorised staff are able to access blood stock; facilitates cross-matching issue of blood components; provides and maintains a complete audit trail of blood stock throughout the Trust to final disposal; an enquiries module; an alert to the clinical area when blood is available for collection via cross-match blood in the fridge; patient identification at the bedside; a reporting package; support individually identified products and batch products; ability to indicate, at ward level, whether the patient is available for electronic issue of blood; as well as requirements for system implementation and system support.
This contract is for the provision of an electronic blood tracking solution to meet the Trust strategy in accordance with the Bristol and North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) and NHS Digital approved strategy of system convergence across local trusts.
The Trust will procure an electronic blood tracking solution and is required to meet all aspects of blood tracking including but not limited to electronic storage controls; facilitates cross-matching issue of blood components; complete audit trail of blood stock throughout the Trust through to final disposal, patient identification at the bedside (a bar-coded blood unit matched with a patient’s bar-coded wristband); a reporting package to enable accurate costing of use and wastage; Support individually identified products (e.g. Red Cells, Platelets) and Batch Products (e.g. HAS, Anti-D, ivIg, PCC with the ability to add new products as they become available.); optional requirements further include facilitating remote allocation (Issue) whereby a blood component is allocated to and a labelled for a specific patient; sample labelling; An alert to the clinical area when blood is available for collection via Remote Allocation (issue) in the blood fridge; Ability to read and use QR code 2D barcodes.
In addition, this requirement is for the supply of professional services to project manage and implement the solution and as well as the provision of the relevant software licences this requirement is also for the supply of the associated ongoing system support and maintenance services as well as the supply of associated refrigerators and handheld devices and label printers.
The BNSSG Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) long term plan sets out how the region will develop more effective and joined up integration of systems between health providers. This includes the convergence of technical system platforms across acute trusts. The adoption of the same solution will provide a solid foundation that will enable the trust to collaborate and interoperate with BNNSG Acute providers and share developments in the future. A reduction in the level of divergence leads to more effective use of technical solutions deployed. The convergence of systems will provide the trust with a pathway to developing a shared infrastructure plan and consolidation of existing infrastructure as well as creating interoperability plans to enable more effective use of the systems deployed. Many clinicians work across NBT and UH Bristol and there is a need to reduce the complexities for end users of having to learn and use different systems and a common IT solution will reduce this burden. The timescales for convergence are rapid and can only be achieved if BNNSG providers work together and reduce the level of system divergence by adopting the same solutions taking into consideration the level of investment already undertaken by partner organisations.


Winner: Haemonetics Ltd
Award value: 640000