Official UK procurement notice
UHB Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution - Market Engagement
Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its upcoming requirement for a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), which manages and operates Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Birmingham Chest Clinic, is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. The Trust is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. It has expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and provides the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. It provides a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK.
UHB has a requirement to procure a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution. The solution should include:
A full letters workflow application, from dictation through to distribution
The ability for in-house transcription through administrative teams
The ability for letters to be outsourced for transcription to existing supplier
The ability for speech recognition to be used within the letters workflow application
The ability for speech recognition to be used in other applications, e.g. PICS
Integration with the Trust’s core EHR applications to allow for speech recognition to be used for contemporaneous noting
Compatible with hardware already in use within the Trust (Philips, Olympus)
Android and iOS mobile compatibility in line with the Trust’s chosen devices
Compatible with Trust remote working solutions (VPN)
Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice.
CPV: Computer-related services · Dictating machines · Document management software package · IT software package · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems · Office-support services · Software support services · Typing services · Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services · Voice recognition software development services · Voice recognition software package · Voice recorders · +2 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with…Planned
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to engage with suppliers interested in its upcoming requirement for a Trust-wide Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution.
The solution should include:
A full letters workflow application, from dictation through to distribution
The ability for in-house transcription through administrative teams
The ability for letters to be outsourced for transcription to existing supplier
The ability for speech recognition to be used within the letters workflow application
The ability for speech recognition to be used in other applications, e.g. PICS
Integration with the Trust’s core EHR applications to allow for speech recognition to be used for contemporaneous noting
Compatible with hardware already in use within the Trust (Philips, Olympus)
Android and iOS mobile compatibility in line with the Trust’s chosen devices
Compatible with Trust remote working solutions (VPN)
UHB wishes to achieve numerous benefits across a broad range of functionality. However, the priorities lie in reducing letter turnaround times, reducing clinician time during administrative tasks and improving the patient experience via quicker communication.
Reducing letter turnaround time – UHB expects that an effective letters workflow and speech recognition solution will reduce the time taken for letters to be ready for distribution.
Reducing clinician admin time – UHB expects that the introduction of speech recognition across applications will reduce the amount of time clinician’s spend on administrative tasks.
Improving quality of noting and documentation – UHB expects that of speech recognition will improve the quality of documentation produced.
This exercise is intended to provide potential bidders with the opportunity to review the Authority's Briefing Document and to provide information regarding the services they can offer that could meet these outline requirements. This builds on the Authority's commitment to engage with the market, by sharing information and seeking input from the market to enable us to develop the final specification and determine the appropriate route to market in a fair and transparent manner.
Suppliers who are able to offer solutions relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the additional information section of this notice. Additional information: Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Bravo Portal by 13:00 on 10th October 2022
Bravo ref: project__24528- UHB Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution
Direct link to response form:
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
- Authority reference
PROC.08.0409- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025547- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0367c2Find a Tender
Publisher note: Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Bravo Portal by 13:00 on 10th October 2022 Bravo ref: project__24528- UHB Digital Dictation & Speech Recognition Solution - Market Engagement Direct link to response form: https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/go/06082398018331DD1557
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- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Sept 2022 → 5 Dec 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published12 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Dec 2022
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