Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : Blackford Platform and Associated Services.
Deadline : 15 Mar 2024
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 98464309
Document Ref. No. : 24-001183
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Description
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a purchase order to BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED, Level 4 160 Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PR, United Kingdom on a sole source basis to deploy algorithms and applications across the clinical radiology workflow via the Blackford Platform and provide associated services.
Scope of Work:
The Platform:
• Hosts multiple AI and traditional algorithms to process images.
• Automatically determines which algorithms are relevant to run given anatomical and clinical indications available in the RIS order or DICOM headers.
• Allows manual routing of studies from modalities, routers, PACS, and any other DICOM entity to trigger specific algorithms.
• Integrates into the existing PACS and the rest of radiology IT architecture without noticeably impairing performance for Clinical users regardless of site study volume.
• Provides a web-based monitoring solution that allows users and support teams to assess performance and number of studies being processed by each algorithm.
• Deploys via onsite hardware, securely in the cloud, or a combination of both technologies.
Period of Performance
One (1) Year Base and Four (4) Additional Option Periods of One (1) Year Each.
Background
National Institutes for Health (NIH) have an active development program for AI algorithms, generally the outcomes of grant-supported projects by academic clinicians. These algorithms are typically developed and tested on a manually selected cohort of patients, collated and processed as part of the grant-supported work.
Although there is significant potential benefit to the wider patient population from the use of these algorithms to improve outcomes and efficiency in NIH-s more routine clinical practice, th...
Active Contract Opportunity Notice ID 24-001183 Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF Sub-tier NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Office NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-05:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Original Published Date: Mar 08, 2024 02:44 pm EST
Original Response Date: Mar 15, 2024 05:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Mar 30, 2024
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: DH10 - IT AND TELECOM - PLATFORM AS A SERVICE: DATABASE, MAINFRAME, MIDDLEWARE
NAICS Code: 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD USA
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