Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2019-11-04
Buyer: Health and Social Care Information Centre (trading as NHS Digital)l
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72300000 | 72310000: Data processing services | 72320000

Technical requirements: Originally, this set of procurements was structured as 5 separate, albeit related, procurements — this has now changed. This Corrigendum covers tools to support more effective management of metadata within the health and social care system, including improving the efficiency of the collection of secondary use data.
Expected to be delivered via the following 3 separate procurements, valued at 23 000 000 GBP overall:
1) Metadata management (MdM) – core component that collates and stores the metadata required to define and identify sources of reusable data. Data governance and collaboration (DG&C) system – used to collaborate upon and govern decisions pertaining to the definition of metadata;
2) Terminology (service) – to store and link definitions in the use of clinical classifications, coding and terminology;
3) Data modelling tool – capable of being used to produce standard data models as well as clinical data models that will have reusable groupings of data items (e.g. a patient record).
This set of procurements is required to provide tools to support more effective management of metadata within the health and social care system, including improving the efficiency of the collection of secondary use data.
1) Terminology (service) – to store and link definitions in the use of clinical classifications, coding and terminology;
2) Metadata management (MdM) – core component that collates and stores the metadata required to define and identify sources of reusable data. Data governance and collaboration (DG&C) System – used to collaborate upon and govern decisions pertaining to the definition of metadata;
3) Data modelling tool – capable of being used to produce standard data models as well as clinical data models that will have reusable groupings of data items (e.g. a patient record).
This corringendum relates to the PIN issued in December 2018 for Enabling Data Architecture Strategic Procurement (OJEU Ref: 2018/S 239-545971). The PIN reference number within OJEU is 2018/S 239-545971 and was published on 7.12.2018.
The first of the procurements; metadata management (MdM) and data governance and collaboration (DG&C) will be conducted via a competitive procedure with negotiation.
Whilst both the terminology and data modelling procurements are intended to be conducted via the Open Procedure, with a shortlisting mechanism.
Suppliers should bear in mind when responding that NHS Digital requires that any eventual contract will enable other organisations across the health and social care system to purchase licences/subscriptions in their own right (in addition to the licences/subscriptions that NHS Digital purchases for its own needs).
The following link is provided to a UK Government website which provides a vision of the health and social care system.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-health-and-care-system-explained/the-health-and-care-system-explained