National Framework Agreement for the provision of Infection Control Clinical Surveillance Systems

Concepts

• clinical information system
• chester
• nhs
• electronic infection control
• clinical surveillance system
• use of various systems
• control activities
• infection prevention
• robust infection control system
• infection control surveillance

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The scope of the framework is for the provision an electronic infection control clinical surveillance system. The system will support infection prevention and control activities to identify critical issues, proactively respond to improve the quality of care and streamline processes to reduce time spent on administrative and reporting tasks.

Total Quantity or Scope

Most NHS Trusts tend to manage infection control surveillance through the use of various systems, collating laboratory, patient and surgery data and manually searching through the data to identify patients of interest or complex scenarios. Paper and excel spreadsheets are also used to record and manage surveillance. This process is time consuming and risk of error. NHS Trusts are finding that they do not have a robust infection control system to monitor and manage their patients. COVID-19 has highlighted the gap in their processes and how ineffective the current systems (if they use one) are.

Renewal Options

The term of this framework agreement will be two years (24 months) from the commencement date with an option to extend twice for a further one year (12 months) on each occasion. The maximum duration of this framework agreement will be four years (48 months).

CPV Codes

• 48814400 - Clinical information system
• 48000000 - Software package and information systems
• 48180000 - Medical software package
• 48600000 - Database and operating software package
• 48613000 - Electronic data management (EDM)
• 48732000 - Data security software package
• 48814200 - Patient-administration system
• 72322000 - Data management services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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