Pipeline Framework: Child Health Information Service (CHIS)

A pipeline has been launched for Child Health Information Service (CHIS).The contract start Date is 1 April 2024. Approach to market date is 3 April 2023.BackgroundThe purpose of Child Health Information Services (CHIS), and the Systems that support them, is to ensure that each child in England has an accurate active record supporting delivery of public health interventions including; screening and childhood and adolescent immunisations for which detailed service specifications are set out in the annual NHS Public Health Functions Agreement and the Healthy Child Programme services.The CHIS enable the health protection, promotion, and failsafe activities for clinical delivery to be carried out in a timely way. The children and young people population covered by CHIS are those:- Registered with a General Practice in the area;- Resident in the specified area whether registered with a General Practice or not;- Educated in the London area.The Provider will be required to show that the healthcare premises comply with BS ISO/IEC 17799-2005 (Code of Practice for Information Security Management) and ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems – Requirements) for all systems used to provide IM&T Services unless otherwise agreed with the Commissioner.CHIS Operating Model• Delivery will be in line with the national CHIS schedule 2 service specification with some regional enhancements to meet local population need.The Procurement will be Undertaken via 5 lots:Lot 1 – North Central LondonLot 2 – North East LondonLot 3 -North West LondonLot 4 – South East LondonLot 5 – South West LondonThe contract(s) for the Service will be awarded for a period of 3 years (36 months), with an optional extension for a further period of up to 2 years (24 months) at the sole discretion of the Authority. Therefore, the maximum duration of this contract, if all extension options are taken up will be up to 5 years (60 months).This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: N E L Commissioning Support Unit, Unex Tower, 5 Station Street, LONDON E15 1DA. Email: w.kehoe1@nhs.net Website: (Wayne Kehoe)