Communication software package

Tender description

NWIS is seeking to procure a technical solution and accompanying support service to provide message based integration between secondary care applications and GP practices in Wales, replacing all existing secondary care to primary care GP LINKS solutions in NHS Wales. The Awarding Authority, acting on behalf of NHS Wales Organisations, seeks a contractual arrangement for a period of 7 years in the first instance, with an option to extend for a further 3 years on an annual basis, the maximum term of 10 years, to procure a technical solution and accompanying support service to provide message based integration between secondary care applications and GP practices in Wales, replacing all existing secondary care to primary care GP LINKS solutions in NHS Wales. In the first instance, those secondary care applications shall include the Welsh Laboratory Information Management System (WLIMS), Welsh Radiology Information System (WRIS) and Screening applications (currently Bowel Screening Information Management System (BSIMS)). Other screening applications may be developed throughout the term of the agreement. This covers the provision and support of a Central National Messaging hub for Wales, to handle the conversion and transmission of a range of clinical messages and results between Hospitals and GP Practices across all of Wales. The national GP LINKS solution will: — provide pathology, radiology, public health wales screening messaging to all GP practices, prisons and Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites in Wales, — replace the current national solution and any local solutions in use, — support the ongoing implementation of WLIMS, WRIS and screening services.