Netherlands Ministry of Health to procure €100m infection and disease control platform

The Ministry of Health in the Netherlands has issued a tender for the procurement of a platform, services and infection disease control system worth an estimated €100 million.

The tender highlights that the Ministry of Health seeks a solution including “working pandemic-functional solutions” managed and maintained by the contractor, using “a reusable data and application platform” that can be used for infection and disease control applications, and offering the health system continued control over its own data.

Products and services are also expected to be agile, scalable and reliable, with further documents provided by the Ministry of Health sharing more details on what is expected from the project. Key areas are outlined including the creation and maintenance of a technical platform for data storage and surfacing, the development of functionalities related to application and presentation of information; the delivery of maintenance services such as training and education; and the provision of services for further development and maintenance of the infection disease control platform.

The platform will be required to meet a series of minimum requirements, including that the control of data remains within the health system; that data and functionality are separated; and that the platform is available “in an environment where users can be trained” or educated on its use.

The contract will initially run for four years, with the potential to extend beyond this timeframe under the same conditions.

The closing date for bids is 19 August 2024. To learn more about the procurement, please click here.

In related news on procurement, the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has published a notice highlighting intention to source solutions and services in support of the vision to “transform national infrastructure and move to a contemporary, structured data-rich ecosystem capable of connecting systems across settings and supporting real-time access to information for the patient and the broader care team – anywhere, anytime”.