Description of the goods or services required
As part of the Welsh Governments Women’s Health Plan, every Health Board in Wales must have a Pathfinder Women’s Health Hub by 2026. This demonstrator Contracts for Innovation project aims to compliment this approach and support the overall delivery of the Women’s Health Plan, by seeking innovative approaches to women’s health improvement, supplement Primary Care Pathways and improve Secondary Care Pathways.
This challenge is open to applications that deliver a Phase 2 real-world demonstration project. Current funding of up to £900,000 is available to support a portfolio of projects - which may be subject to change, dependent upon the number/quality of submissions received. We are seeking a broad range of projects, from rapid or low-cost demonstrations to large scale demonstrators. All costs must be clearly justified and value for money demonstrated with willingness for appropriate contributions from the provider to help deliver the project. We reserve the right to consider an increased budget for exceptional applications if the scale of the delivery across Wales warrants it.
Projects will be selected on a portfolio approach to ensure activity and evidence is gathered on a broad demographic basis across Wales.
We are looking for bidders to put forward applications that demonstrate a high level of commitment and willingness to work in partnership with our health and care organisations and key stakeholders as we identify potentially scalable innovations for the benefit of citizens in Wales. In return, the project team will receive support on a regular basis from a dedicated Stakeholder Group working closely over the project time period to understand the key barriers and enablers, embedded in activities relating to innovation adoption at national level, and support provided for outlining the implications for national scale up.
Phase 2: Real-world Demonstration – Supporting broader demonstration projects of successful emerging and near-to-market solutions across a variety of locations/demographics, providing evidence of the potential for spread and scale across Wales on a place-based approach, considering local assets, existing services and local un-met needs.
Project costs should be identified for the innovation solution provider and for staffing resource requirements of the health, third or public sector collaborator. This should be specified within the challenge application with clear roles stated - ideally with named individuals for each role.
Your application must:
Demonstrate a clear plan for commercialisation and a route to market for affordable, developed solutions;
Explain the potential positive contribution to the goals of Women’s Health Plan for Wales
Deliver against the aims set out in A Healthier Wales Plan;
Consider, and address where necessary, equality, diversity and inclusion aspects across your project, your sector(s) and society;
Address how any potentially negative outcomes would be managed;
Ensure personal safety is paramount and any risks clearly articulated with robust mitigation in place;
Include a full independent evaluation following project completion – this should include a benefits, social and economic analysis.
Demonstrate evidence to support a NHS Business case (e.g., procurement business cases to support transition into business-as-usual via standard commissioning routes, inclusion for national commissioning initiatives, inclusion on procurement frameworks, etc.)
Demonstrate the ability to meet Welsh Language standards, and ideally demonstrate the potential for multi-lingual capability to improve accessibility.
Please note any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition could be subject of a separate, possibly competitive, procurement exercise. This competition does not cover the long term purchase of any solution, although we may choose to extend this project by investigating and exploring innovative procurement routes as part of this challenge.
The total funding available for the competition can change and the funders reserve the right to adjust the provisional funding allocations, I.e., should additional funding become available.
The funder also reserves the right to apply a ‘portfolio’ approach to ensure funds are allocated across a broad range of strategic and geographic areas. This may mean that a proposal that scores less than yours may be successful. The portfolio can be spread across a range of:
scope areas
project durations
project costs, including demonstrating value for money
Locations.
Briefing Event
A virtual Briefing Event will be held on a date to be confirmed. Registration link to follow.
https://sbri.simplydo.co.uk/challenges/681cd19bab64e884f8eabda3?utm-link=689f9e7b37cf9d779e336bff
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