Local Portfolio Management System (NIHR CRN hosted by UHB)

Tender description

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is the Host Organisation for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN West of England). The Host Organisation is mandated to procure a Local Portfolio Management System (LPMS). The requirement is for a web-based, hosted IT software solution used by clinical research staff to manage research studies across a network of NHS Trusts and Primary Care sites in CRN West of England: • University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust • 2gether NHS Foundation Trust • Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust • Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • North Bristol NHS Trust • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust • Weston Area Health NHS Trust • NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG • NHS Bristol CCG • NHS Gloucestershire CCG • NHS North Somerset CCG • NHS South Gloucestershire CCG • NHS Swindon CCG • NHS Wiltshire CCG CRN West of England also engages with other providers of NHS services who are delivering NIHR CRN Portfolio clinical research studies. The successful LPMS must meet the following criteria: 1. Support the efficient recording and retrieval of research study performance data. 2. To provide a repository for research study documentation. 3. To support the sharing of data across CRN West of England, whilst restricting access to patient identifiable information on the system to specific users and NHS sites. The LPMS must have sufficient security to allow for the storage of patient identifiable information on the system. 4. Input research study data directly to the LPMS. 5. Integrate with national systems (including the Central Portfolio Management System) through a two-way data exchange. 6. Provide real-time research activity data at a national level. 7. Work to an agreed, standards-based supplier contract approved by NIHR.