CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Iechyd Da Animal Syndrome Data Collection Tender

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

A tender is invited to deliver the Iechyd Da Animal Syndrome Questionnaire aspect for the Arwain DGC project. For this specific part of the project Iechyd Da are seeking tender proposals from companies who have specific knowledge of the Veterinary sector and specifically with expertise at looking at animal syndromes. The successful tender will create an interactive questionnaire which will allow the user to choose the main presenting complaint. Further analyses would result in outcomes and surveillance reports.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=120003.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Integrations:

- The disease syndrome technology should link seamlessly to existing individual veterinary Practice Management Systems

Functionality:

- During a consultation period the syndrome technology would allow the user to enter Syndromic data via a Questionnaire

- The technology should allow the ability to capture whether the given complaint affected one or a group of animals

- Once captured, the information needs to be analysed.

Analyses:

- Data would need to be analysed descriptively in the first instance including numbers of consultations captured, species distributions, treatments prescribed.

- Descriptive analyses of free text to include:

- 1) reading and describing a random selection of consultation narratives to understand the nature and quality of data contained.

- 2) text mining to identify a small number of disease exemplars. For example, mastitis, lameness etc. These would be chosen in consultation with stakeholders.

- Harvested data to be sent via API directly to the Wales Veterinary Science Centre (WVSC) for analysis.

(WA Ref:120003)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: ARWAIN DGC

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice