Northern Ireland Ambulance Service - Dynamic Resource Optimisation
This project aims to develop an affordable and effective tool to deliver the most effective, safe and optimised journey for patients.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust provides high-quality emergency, urgent and primary care services throughout the whole of Northern Ireland. Dedicated, committed and highly skilled staff work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to ensure patients receive the best possible care in a timely manner.
The efficiency, effectiveness and clinical outcome of NIAS service provision is heavily reliant on the deployment of resources to the population across Northern Ireland. To inform decision-making on resource deployment, NIAS currently uses a range of systems which store information on resources available to NIAS at any given time.
The aim of this project is to identify potential solutions to develop an affordable and effective tool to triangulate NIAS databases of information and planning tools to deliver the most effective, safe and optimised journey for patients. This challenge will be awarded using the Contracts for Innovation funding mechanism (formerly known as SBRI). Innovate UK are custodians of the Contracts for Innovation and more information about the mechanism can be found here.
It is anticipated the solution/s will provide the most effective resource allocation both in terms of NIAS’s management of the resource and patient experience and that has capacity to make dynamic decisions based on the information held within NIAS databases and protocols, with the aim of introducing a dynamic rota and asset management and planning system. The competition brief in the Supporting Documents below gives more information on the technical and functional requirements for a solution.
Any outcome must be aligned to Quintuple Aim (including patient experience, population health, reducing costs, care team well-being, and health equity).
You can find more information below and questions regarding this competition should be emailed to sbri.pmo@hscni.net. The deadline for receipt of clarification requests is 15:00 on 19th September 2024.
A budget of up to £100,000 per project (exc VAT) is available, for up to 3 projects lasting up to 6 months each.
Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed manner before 15:00 on 30th September 2024.
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Open to all organisations. There is no limit on the size or type of company. Open to companies not currently engaged in the sector. Research organisations may also apply. All organisations must demonstrate a route to market. European organisations are also welcome to apply.
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This Phase I competition has a maximum budget of £300,000.00 (exclusive of vat). It is anticipated that a maximum of 3 tenderers will be selected following the Tender Evaluation; each will receive an amount in accordance with their bid but subject to a maximum amount per tenderer of £100,000.00 (exclusive of VAT). To be eligible for selection, tenderers must submit a bid NOT exceeding £100,000.00.
Applications must have at least 50% of the contract value attributed directly and exclusively for R&D Services. R&D can cover activities such as solution exploration and design, prototyping, up to the original development of a limited by volume of first products or services in the form of a test series.
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This challenge will be awarded using the Contracts for Innovation funding mechanism. Innovate UK are custodians of the Contracts for Innovation and more information about the mechanism can be found here.
These competitions have a three phase structure:
- Phase I is intended to show the technical feasibility and commercial viability of the proposed concept;
- Phase II is intended to develop and evaluate prototypes or demonstrators from the more promising technologies identified in Phase I through feasibility trialling; and
- Phase III allows for a period of extended testing for the most promising potential solutions, where this is desirable.
At Phase I a number of tenderers are selected by an open competition process to develop their solutions to the specific needs identified by the Contracting Authority. Development work within Phase I is funded up to 100% of justified cost or to a stated maximum value. All, or a subset only, of these contractors may be selected to proceed to later phases at the Authority’s discretion based on agreed objective selection criteria and budget availability.
Contractors retain the Intellectual Property generated from the project, with certain rights of use retained by the Contracting Authority.At the conclusion of the contract, or at any other time, the Contracting Authority may decide to procure the solution(s) developed or similar solution(s) from other providers – but there is no obligation to do so. If a solution is to be procured, this will constitute a separate competition under normal public procurement rules and other potential suppliers on the open market will be free to compete for the business.
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This tender process is being carried out electronically via the eTendersNI portal. In order to participate in this competition, please ensure you are registered as a company, or an individual, on the eTendersNI system.
Please note, an important element of the registration process is to supply your Dun & Bradstreet D- U-N-S® number which can be obtained here.
The application must be completed as directed and returned via the eTendersNI etendering system.
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The supporting documents for this competition have been supplied to Innovate UK Business Connect by HSCNI in order for prospective applicants to view them without needing to register beforehand; if you are making an application, please check the documents on the eTendersNI site after registering to ensure you are viewing the most up-to-date version.
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