Children and Young Person: Remote Asthma Management Challenge

Description

This Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP)/ Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition, which will fund Phase 1 feasibility studies with R&D contracts in the region of 60,000 GBP, inclusive of VAT. The Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP) is funding a children and young persons remote asthma management challenge. The challenge seeks to develop innovative solutions that pro-active target management and prediction of asthma attacks in young people with asthma. The aim of the competition is to develop innovative solutions that pro-active target management and prediction of asthma attacks in young people with asthma. NO COMMERCIAL CONTRACT CAN BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS R&D PROCUREMENT, AND PURCHASE OF ANY OUTPUT REQUIRES A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PROCESS WHICH MAY BE ADVERTISED SEPARATELY. To obtain additional documents please register your interest in this notice and download from the additional documentation section. Applications are to be submitted through the notice Postbox. it is advised that applications are submitted well in advance of the deadline date and time to allow for any technical issues to be resolved. Technical support on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) can be accessed by PCS Helpline: 0800 222 9003. Contracts will be between NHS Golden Jubilee and winning participants. Phase 1 is allocated 60,000 GPB inclusive of VAT for a maximum of 4 projects. Phase 1 projects can range in size up to a total cost of 15,000 GPB inclusive of VAT. This open innovation challenge focuses on several key aspects of care of children and young people with asthma (5 to 18 years of age) - Further details can be found in the additional documents accompanying this notice. The aim of this competition is to provide an opportunity for organisations working in partnership with NHS Scotland, to develop disruptive innovative solutions. These solutions will focus on the pro-active target management and prediction of asthma attacks in young people with asthma. Your application must address the challenge and must address at least one of the themes below: Challenge: A new system that integrates with existing clinical systems and electronic health records to collect and process clinical data from the various sources (e.g., hospital, primary care, out of hours) to identify an individual at risk and then enable a response to change the outcomes for that individual. Themes: A) A way to understand more about individuals outside the conventional face to face or synchronous online consultation. Utilise novel methods of communication that suit children and young people of different ages and development stages. B) A solution that utilises existing technology (e.g., apps, home monitoring devices) in an innovative way where collected data are used to inform the risk category for an at-risk individual. Solutions must meet the primary workstream aspects as outlined in the accompanying documentation. Phase 1: Technical feasibility studies means planned research or critical investigation to gain new knowledge and skills for developing new products, processes or services. There is a potential Phase 2 planned with the expectation that 2 contracts are awarded, chosen from the successful phase 1 applicants, to develop a prototype and undertake field testing for up to 12 months. The total budget for phase 2 is 150,000 GPB. Phase 2 projects can range in size up to total costs of 75,000 GPB inclusive of VAT. At this stage contracts will be given for phase 1 only. SHIP reserves the right not to award any contracts. SHIP are not committed to proceeding to Phase 2 whether or not the previous phases were successful. SHIP gives no guarantee or warranty as to the nature, or number of projects funded. To lead a project, you can: - be any type of organisation of any size, registered in the UK, European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) that can demonstrate a credible and practical route to market - work alone or with others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations or the third sector as subcontractors. Contracts will be given to successful applicants. Contract terms and conditions are accessible as an additional document to this notice; "SBRI_ Authority Contract V7 Scotland - CLO 2 - FINAL" Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian and Belarusian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. This includes any goods or services originating from a Russian and Belarusian source. Briefing Event: Tuesday 1st November 2023 09:30am - 11:00am UK time. https://book.shsc.scot/wcasthma Any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be the subject of a separate, possibly competitive, procurement exercise. This competition covers R&D not the purchase of any solution. If you have any questions relating to NHS Scotland Innovation Hubs available resources, please direct your question to the Q&A portal on PCS before 11am UK time on 6th December 2023 or at the Q&A session during the Briefing Event on 1st November 2023 09:30am - 11:00am UK time