Digital service, remote monitoring of patients with chronic rheumatic conditions copy copy

Tender description

Summary of the work Digital solution for rheumatic patient appoitments, for Guy's and St Thomas NHS' Foundation Trust. Specification document available through Delta e-tendering portal, https://www.delta-esourcing.com and documents can be accessed through using tender access code: 7N525EZE2K. Any interest for this opportunity must be submitted via DOS portal. Expected Contract Length Up to 2 years Latest start date Monday 1 January 2018 Budget Range Planned budget in the first instance £50K to £100K Why the Work is Being Done Trust's rheumatology runs a variety of specialist and subspecialist services with 18,000 face-to-face patient contacts per year. The requirement is for replacing legacy MS Access database which is currently used to manage these patients. Trust is looking for remote monitoring options for managing these patients. A summary specification and snapshot for the discovery stage is downloadable through Delta e-tendering portal: https://www.delta-esourcing.com and use tender access code 7N525EZE2K for accessing the files through Delta. Problem to Be Solved Currently using MS Access for rheumatic patient appointments and follow up care. Prefer switching away from the current solution to more comprehensive digital solution, enabling clinical teams to manage the associated processes more effectively. Requires development for a fully functioning MVP. The proposed solution must be able to interface with Trust's other clinical systems. Who Are the Users Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Rheumatic Department - users: Trust administrators and clinicians. Manage the patient appoitments and follow up care using electronic/digital solution. Current MS Access solution limited to the requirement. Work Already Done Have spent the last six months in discovery in a bid to improve our understanding of users; their behaviour, needs and wants. We believe we have validated the concept with both patients and Trust staff. This has involved engaging patients and clinicians to develop a series of lo-fi prototypes, which continue to be iterated. The details for the above can be shared with interested bidders. Existing Team Trust clinical and IT team Current Phase Alpha Skills & Experience • Understand digital solutions for healthcare environment • Understand the complexities around system integration (various clinical and EHR systems) • Previous track record providing equivalent clinical system • Capability developing MVP Work Location Central London, SE1 Working Arrangments Work can be jointly progressed with the teams on-site and remotely, and requirement provider to allocate time for key face to face meetings. No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 10 Proposal Criteria • Technical solution • Approach and methodology • Estimated timeframes for the work • Team structure • Meeting user requirements • Meeting organisation requirements • Value for money Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • Can work with all stakeholders regardless of technical expertise • Understand GSTT's IT strategy and drivers • Understand any requirements for local health population Payment Approach Time and materials Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 40% Cultural fit 20% Price 40% Questions from Suppliers 1. Should a submission be made to this opportunity on the Digital Market place, covering the 4 "Essential skills and experience" or be made via the Delta eSourcing portal with documents listed in "Assessment Methods"? At this moment of time, please only respond through DOS portal, not through Delta, and use the criteria included through DOS. The specification document refers to fuller (ideal) criteria and we may request the shortlisted suppliers to provide more detail through the 2nd stage. The shortlisted suppliers may be invited to presentation and if so we would ask the suppliers will review the specification document again whilst preparing their presentations. 2. It is not clear whether you are expecting suppliers to complete the questions from the documents published on the delta-esourcing portal at this stage of the DOS process. Specifically are you expecting us to supply responses to the questions in the T2719 Spec Remote Monitoring for rheumatology patients (Nov 2017).pdf, or will that be required after the shortlisting stage? We would expect that the further responses would be submitted after the shortlisting stage. In the first instance, in terms of 1st stage - please only refer to the criteria stated through DOS portal.