Software package and information systems

Tender description

NHS National Services Scotland is exploring the options for the possible procurement of a nutritional analysis tool and recipe database for use in NHS Scotland hospitals. The objective of this exercise is to obtain up-to-date information and feedback from the market in order to: 1) understand market capabilities and solutions in relation to the functionality required; and 2) provide NHS National Services Scotland with indicative costs associated with the implementation and ongoing support of a suitable solution. The “Food in Hospitals National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland (FiH)” originally published in 2008 and revised in 2016 has been developed to support Scottish NHS Boards in implementing: 1) the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) Standards for Food, Fluid, and Nutritional Care specifically standards 3 and 4 which relate to the provision of food and fluid in hospital; 2) the provision of appropriate food and fluid for patients who are nutritionally vulnerable; and 3) the delivery of a healthy balanced diet for patients who are considered to be “nutritionally well”; The FiH requires that all NHS Scotland catering operations should meet or exceed the required nutrient standards contained within the specification as a minimum. NHS Scotland wishes to procure a nutritional software system that can assist in demonstrating NHS board’s compliance of these standards.