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Clinical Audit Tool

NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The project aims to procure, where possible, a turn-key commercial off the shelf solution to replace in-house developed tools, for the conduct of clinical audit. Following successful delivery and acceptance of the system the Trust wishes to engage the supplier for operational maintenance and support services. The high-level scope requires an audit tool that: 1. Can interface with in-service systems such as electronic patient record and computer aided dispatch and/or the NWAS data warehouse to import data required to complete regulatory audits, e.g. ambulance care quality indicator (ACQI) returns and/or to conduct local discretionary audits. 2. Can record, store and report on the audits required for NWAS integrated contact centre to maintain their licence to operate the various clinical decision support systems, e.g. NHS Pathways, used in the trust.

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NWAS-TR-18-24
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
15 Aug 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software package and information systems

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039414-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
11 Jul 2025, 16:29

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
8 Aug 2025, 23:59
Description
A one-hour market engagement session will be held on Microsoft Teams on Friday 1st August from 10:30am to 11:30am. The purpose of this session is to inform potential suppliers of a forthcoming opportunity to tender for a digital clinical audit tool (CAT) solution for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS). NWAS will present an overview of the current state for conducting audits and articulate the future business needs. Afterwards, a question and answer document containing specific technical questions will be issued to all suppliers who have expressed an interest in this notice. Suppliers will be asked to submit any responses by Friday 8th August. Any information obtained by the Trust through this market engagement will be used solely to conceptualise how the system can be realised, considering the various data sources. The Trust will take care to ensure that any amendments made to the specification, based on the responses received to the questionnaire, do not favour any one supplier or solution. The findings and outcome of this market engagement will be published in the ITT documentation. Any confidential information including intellectual property must be identified by any suppliers submitting responses to the question and answer document. Any such information will not be published in the ITT. NWAS have scheduled to publish the ITT on Friday 15th August, however, this date is subject to change. Procurement is estimated to be completed by November 2025. Any expressions of interest to take part in this market engagement should be emailed to strategicprocurement@nwas.nhs.uk by Wednesday 30th July at 4pm. You will then be invited to the market engagement session scheduled for Friday 1st August and included in any further communications regarding this market engagement notice.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-RX7
Name
NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD36
Country
GB
Locality
Bolton
Postal Code
BL1 5DD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Chorley New Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RX7
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PGTN-2617-YXZW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bolton · UKD36 · BL1 5DD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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