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ClosedStage · contract

NHS Improvements

C10 COVID-19 - Workstream 3 - Self Testing

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£43k
Deadline31 Mar 2020
Published30 Sept 2020
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 30 Sept 2020ClosedCloses 31 Mar 2020
Contract value in context
£43ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

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The brief

Requirements for these 4 roles are: • To design, develop and test an antibody lateral flow testing service to fit a number of possible policy requirements, which are still in flux. • To work with policy, clinical and logistics teams to ensure digital service is fit for purpose(s) and decisions and requirements being developed are informed by our user-research and the opportunities and limitations of a digital service. • To run a pilot in a clinical setting using the digital test reading service developed in the first week of July (initially planned for end of May) • To run an end-to-end pilot with dummy test kits to ensure full journey or registering, ordering and receiving kits works in the first week of July (initially planned for end of May) • To put in place artifacts needed to prepare service to go live for at home antibody testing • Ensure service is integrated with overall testing infrastructure with aligned and jointly owned service design, architecture, content, branding and requirements.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

To work with policy, clinical and logistics

To work with policy, clinical and logistics teams to ensure digital service is fit for purpose(s) and decisions and requirements being developed are informed by our user-research and the opportunities and limitations of a digital service.

02

To run an end-to-end pilot with dummy

To run an end-to-end pilot with dummy test kits to ensure full journey or registering, ordering and receiving kits works in the first week of July (initially planned for end of May).

03

To put in place artifacts needed

To put in place artifacts needed to prepare service to go live for at home antibody testing.

04

Ensure service is integrated with overall testing

Ensure service is integrated with overall testing infrastructure with aligned and jointly owned service design, architecture, content, branding and requirements.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
Covid-19-485
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