EHR03- Electronic Health Records - Phase 2 Developments

Description

Summary of work The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS specialist cancer trust in Greater Manchester. Rated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as 'good' The Christie is ranked as the most technically advanced cancer centre in the world, outside of North America. The Christie is seeking a partner to increase our capacity to deliver a number of software engineering workstreams across the programme to modernise, maintain and develop our Electronic Health Record (EHR). Our EHR, called Clinical Web Portal (CWP), is a wholly in-house developed EHR by The Christie with integrations and interoperability across other key systems. The partner will work with our in-house software engineering team to develop our EHR functionality to the required specification in a clinically safe way that aligns to The Christie Digital Strategy and within the timescales required by the programme team. The immediate programme requirement for this partnership is to support the delivery of the product roadmap. The partner will support the software engineering team in the technical delivery of the roadmap. The Christie has existing engineering partnerships in place, and we are open to submissions from all parties. Where the supplied staff will work North West England Who the organisation using the products or services is The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Why the work is being done The Trust requires a modern real-time, patient-centred record that makes information available instantly and securely to clinical and operational users. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is being modernised and developed to support the current and future needs of the organisation. The business problem The Christie is seeking a partner to deliver a number of software engineering workstreams across the programme to modernise, maintain and develop the EHR. The is an ongoing programme that is now transitioning into Phase 2. The people who will use the product or service User type: Clinical System User Definition: As a specialist cancer trust we need to be able to store, share and transfer data, documents and other artefacts with clinicians, patients, administrative staff and various support staff locally, regionally and nationally. Any pre-market engagement done N/A Work done so far The Trust has a rolling programme that has delivered multiple enhancements and technical modernisations in line with the core roadmap and organisational needs, over the last 5 years. Which phase the project is in Live Existing team Head of Product Engineering Product Specialist and Delivery Lead Software Engineering team Christie Project Managers Potential work with existing systems suppliers for integrations, data etc. Address where the work will be done The Christie NHS Foundation Trust , Manchester, M20 4BX Working arrangements Work will be predominantly undertaken remotely, during the normal service hours for Digital Services. Digital Services operates Monday to Friday 8:00 - 18:00. If travel permits, there may be some attendance at workshops or other infrequent meetings at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust sites. Security and vetting requirements No security clearance needed Latest start date 3 June 2024 Expected contract length Contract length: 2 years 0 months 0 days Optional extension: 0 years 6 months 0 days Special terms and conditions special term or condition: Standard contract Call Off Terms Budget Indicative maximum: £800000 Indicative minimum: The contract value is not specified by the buyer Contracted out service or supply of resource? Contracted out service: the off-payroll rules do not apply Questions and Clarifications 1. Is the £800K for 2 years, or 6 months? The contract is for £800K for the initial 2 year contract term Last Updated : <strong>23/01/2024</strong> 2. The procurement document provides a space to enter a 750 character response. Is this 750 characters PER QUESTION (i.e. 750x10 = 7,500 characters to answer the 10 essential skills questions) or is this 750 characters for the whole response (i.e. 750 characters to answers all 10 questions for essential skills?) The character limit is per question Last Updated : <strong>23/01/2024</strong> 3. For stage 1, we are unsure of what the questions are asking for i.e. for "essential skills" question 1 "Agile delivery and associated ceremonies": is the question asking about our previous experience of doing this i.e. examples OR is the question about how we would do this i.e. methodology? this applies to all questions in the essential skills section. Please provide as much detail as possible for each essential skill criteria. It would be beneficial if you can provide both examples of experience and link with how you would apply this working with the Christie. Last Updated : <strong>23/01/2024</strong> 4. Could you clarify if onshore or offshore resources will be a preferred resourcing option on this project? We need this to be onshore. Last Updated : <strong>24/01/2024</strong> 5. Does the 750 character count include spaces, special characters, punctuation, etc? Yes, this includes all characters Last Updated : <strong>24/01/2024</strong> 6. Is there an incumbent currently delivering on this? Yes we have had a Phase 1 partner Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 7. For Nice-to-have skills and experience Question 3 - We have demonstrable experience of HL7 and FHIR (used widely as a data standard on NHS platforms) - can these be used as a viable alternative to openEHR? This will depend on individual case of requirements but openEHR is our core digital strategy Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 8. What is there a desired tech stack and what are the tools, languages and skills required to complete this phase of work? Not for this area of work but the data engineering teams work closely with software engineering. Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 9. For Q10 are there any elements of Data Engineering and Architecture you would like us to focus on? Not for this area of work but the data engineering teams work closely with software engineering. Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 10. Is the 800K budget per year or is it 800K in total for 2 years? The £800K budget is the total for 2 years Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 11. Is the 6 months a potential extension period? The contract will have a possible 6 month extension period Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 12. For Q7 Are there any elements of Organisational Change you would like us to focus on? Not for our core roadmap delivery Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 13. What is there a desired tech stack and what are the tools, languages and skills required to complete this phase of work? The previous response to this question was posted in error as a duplicate. An updated response will be posted in due course. Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 14. Please can you confirm whether the 750 character response limit includes or excludes spaces. The 750 character response limit includes spaces. Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 15. lease can you confirm if you will accept response templates other than Attachment 3 of the bid pack due to its poor layout This will not be accepted Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 16. lease can you confirm if you will accept response templates other than Attachment 3 of the bid pack due to its poor layout This will not be accepted Last Updated : <strong>26/01/2024</strong> 17. What is there a desired tech stack and what are the tools, languages and skills required to complete this phase of work? We are a Microsoft house and require full stack developers, some of the tech stack includes:- back end - .NET/.NET Core/.NET Standard frameworks, C# language, RESTful APIs, CQRS pattern front end - Angular, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Typescript, Classic ASP database - SQL, Windows Virtual Machines CI/CD / Deployment / Source Control - Azure DevOps IDEs - Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Microsoft SQL Management Studio, Docker, those are main ones but you can use others like Rider in addition. Note: we won't provide licenses/subscriptions for Visual Studio Last Updated : <strong>29/01/2024</strong> 18. Are we permitted to refer to multiple case studies within each question or can we only use one case study per question ? Multiple case studies are allowed. Last Updated : <strong>30/01/2024</strong> 19. How many roles and quantities do you envisage the supplier to provide for this opp? From experience we would be looking at a minimum team of 4 or more if possible Last Updated : <strong>30/01/2024</strong>