Tender: Modernising Bowel Screening Pathway in Wales — Digital and Service Solutions for Positive FIT Assessment and Triage

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Bowel Screening Wales is seeking suppliers for innovative solutions to modernise pre-colonoscopy assessment, triage support and pathway progression for participants who receive a positive FIT result. The programme invites proposals for Phase 2 development and real-world demonstration projects that adapt or enhance existing technologies, products, platforms or solutions to improve access, reduce reliance on telephone-based, weekday-only nurse assessments, enable greater participant flexibility and control (including potential self-booking), and support clinical triage and stratification for timely interventions. Around 500,000 people are invited to screening each year with roughly 12,000 positive FIT results requiring further assessment; current nurse-led assessments typically last 30–60 minutes and operate Monday–Friday 9am–4pm. This competition has up to £300,000 (excluding VAT) available to fund 4–5 projects, requires clear cost justification and value for money, expects real-world deployment and evaluation, and notes any later adoption would be subject to separate procurement.