A direct procurement of licences for a SaaS system (service) STATdx with the supplier Elsevier.Helse Nord RHF needs a regional, time-limited agreement on access to clinical radiological decision support/entry work for radiologists and LIS doctors. The procurement will be assessed as a procurement without a competition pursuant to the procurement regulations § 5-2 first section letter a, as the procurement, according to the contracting authority ́s assessment, can only be made with one specific supplier in the market. The need concerns a ready established SaaS/web based content service with medical quality assured radiology content, structured diagnostic support, differential diagnostics and a comprehensive case and picture library across radiological disciplines and modalities. The procurement does not apply to a general learning platform, course platform or technical portal, but to complete clinical radiological decision support content that can be used immediately without customer driven content production, quality assurance and management. Helse Nord has carried out a market survey, including RFI and dialogue with radiological environments. Identified alternatives are wetting among different LMS/platform systems. These systems do not currently appear as functionally equivalent substitutes, as they do not document finished medical quality assured radiological decision support content to the necessary extent and quality. Based on the market survey (RFI) and the substitute evaluation, Helse Nord ́s assessment is that STATdx from Elsevier is the only identified system that fulfils the necessary and proportional minimum requirements for the limited service at the current time. The agreement is limited to a bridge period of 1+1+1 years to ensure continuity, at the same time that Helse Nord maintains room for action to assess the market and any future alternatives.

Intention notice - STATdx licences, electronic reference systems, learning platforms and decision support radiology, Helse Nord.

Justification for direct procurements STATdxHealth North RHF needs a regional, time-limited agreement on access to clinical radiological decision support/reference systems for radiologists and LIS doctors. The need concerns a ready established SaaS/web based content service with medical quality assured radiology content, structured diagnostic support, differential diagnostics and a comprehensive case and picture library across radiological disciplines and modalities. The procurement does not apply to a general learning platform, course platform or technical portal, but to complete clinical radiological decision support content that can be used immediately without customer driven content production, quality assurance and management. Helse Nord has carried out a market survey, including RFI and dialogue with radiological environments. Identified alternatives are wetting among different LMS/platform systems. These systems do not currently appear as functionally equivalent substitutes, as they do not document finished medical quality assured radiological decision support content to the necessary extent and quality. Based on the market survey (RFI) and the substitute evaluation, Helse Nord ́s assessment is that STATdx from Elsevier is the only identified system that fulfils the necessary and proportional minimum requirements for the limited service at the current time. The agreement is limited to a bridge period of 1+1+1 years to ensure continuity, at the same time that Helse Nord maintains room for action to assess the market and any future alternatives.