The 10 Year Health Plan for England focusses on three major shifts: from hospital to community care, from analogue to digital technologies, and from treating sickness to preventing illness. Our Technology Enabled Care Services 2 (TECS2) Framework Agreement underpins these shifts by providing technology that can help to ease the pressure, improve patient care, and support remote monitoring:
- Wearable tech enables people to be treated in the community to improve patient flow and can be adopted by care homes to monitor patients. TECS2 aims to help individuals stay safely at home for longer, potentially reducing the need for hospital stays or long-term care.
- Sensors in homes enable people to live independently for longer, and allow for early intervention for declining physical health and wellbeing. Local authorities can track daily movements to assess needs and keep people safe, reducing the need for hospital visits and the demand on social care services.
- Virtual wards free up hospital beds, reduce discharge backlogs and maintain the independence of patients. TECS2 provides the technology needed to enable remote monitoring and implement virtual wards, ensuring that only patients who need to be in hospital are.
Technology Enabled Care Services 2 scooped the ITEC 2024 awards gong for the ‘Partnerships’ category which recognises innovative partnership that has improved outcomes/systems and accelerated the agenda, profile and uptake of technology enable care amongst stakeholders.
Framework Agreement Information
The framework agreement promotes the use of technology enabled care solutions and improved provision of integrated care across health and care organisations. Utilising both SMEs and national providers, to deliver either a single service, bundled service or provide a fully managed service.
What dates is the framework agreement active?
9 January 2023 – 8 January 2027
Who can take advantage of the framework agreement?
NHS and wider public sector organisations
How was the framework agreement procured?
This framework agreement was procured in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. This framework agreement remains a compliant route to market under the new Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the team.
Further competition and direct award
Via this framework agreement, you can run a further competition, or choose to direct award to a supplier in compliance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations.
How we can support?
We offer different levels of support, including SME advice and robust templates for you to easily run your own process, or additional support to design and run a further competition on your behalf.
How can I access the framework agreement?
Access framework agreement documentation via our Customer Framework Agreement Portal (CFAP)
The framework agreement has been structured into the following lots:
NHSE has released guidance to simplify purchasing IT and digital goods and services in the NHS. As a part of this guidance, NHSE has endorsed 38 framework agreements as the most optimal routes to market for NHS buyers. Two of six lots of the Technology Enabled Care Services 2 Framework Agreement – remote clinical monitoring and intelligent activity monitoring – have been endorsed by NHS England as a recommended route to market for digital and IT spend across the NHS.
What are the benefits of using this framework agreement?
SUPPORTS VIRTUAL WARDS
Supports care being delivered remotely and in patients’ homes via virtual wards to help free-up hospital beds, and bring care back into the community.
PATIENT MONITORING TOOLS
Covers patient monitoring tools, which support people in their homes as part of implementation of falls prevention programmes, helping to keep people out of hospital and ensure they can receive care in the most appropriate setting.
REDUCES DISCHARGE BACKLOGS
Providing care at home reduces the need for patients to travel and maintains their independence, while supporting the reduction of discharge backlogs.
INTELLIGENT ACTIVITY MONITORING
Intelligent activity monitoring builds a picture of an individual’s typical activities through smart monitoring activity, which supports clinical teams to create effective care plans and identify risk before an incident occurs.
FREES UP CAPACITY
Frees up capacity in over-stretched workforces by providing the technology that enables the implementation of virtual wards, so patients can be discharged from hospital to a more appropriate care setting.
SUPPORTS MANAGING LONG-TERM CONDITIONS AT HOME
Provides patients with the right equipment to manage long-term conditions at home, minimising the risk of hospital admission and providing peace of mind to those caring for them.
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Strategic Procurement Support
If this framework agreement doesn’t cover the goods or services you require, or a framework agreement isn’t the optimal route to market for your needs, we can provide tailored strategic procurement support. Find out more here.
