IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender description

NSS wishes to procure a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper-based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system to enable this should deliver a common user interface that enables end-to-end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There should also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition to functionality that addresses the requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities, the identified solution should have available, or have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities. NSS wishes to procure a service/system that will enable electronic requesting and reporting of examinations between clinical laboratories within Scotland and the rest of the UK. The requirement is to replace current paper-based processes used to enable referral and reporting of examinations between laboratories. The system to enable this should deliver a common user interface that enables end-to-end connections to many different laboratory information systems within a UK wide network of referral laboratories. There should also be access to a directory of available test repertoires of connected sites. In addition to functionality that addresses the requirements of the Blood Sciences modalities, the identified solution should have available, or have in an advanced stage of development, functionality to manage the additional requirements to process information and data exchange for medical microbiology and histopathology and their constituent modalities. Large volumes of laboratory work flow between the Health Boards within Scotland and to sites elsewhere within the UK. There is a requirement that all this work flow for NHS Scotland should be facilitated through electronic systems. Seven boards have/or will have deployed the same solution to address requirements. This procurement will deliver a solution for at least 7 of the remaining boards with connection to the 7 boards with a solution deployed to enable national consistency in process. This is a market testing exercise and we ask that you complete the questionnaire and return by 8 January 2018.