Quick Quote: Digital Transformation Business Case Training - from Evidence to Adoption Supporting Digital Health & Care Adoption Cases
- Sep 1
- 4 min read
Introduction
This Quick Quote seeks proposals from a delivery partner to co-design and deliver an introductory training programme tailored to the specific needs of health and care staff in Moray. This programme will increase their skills in creating Digital Transformation Business Cases, utilising relevant evidence and data that will help managers present cases to decision makers/ leadership teams. This initiative is being led by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) Rural Centre of Excellence in partnership with the National Centre for Remote & Rural Health & Care (the National Centre) - a Scotland-wide initiative hosted by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) for Scottish Government.
The purpose of this specific training course is to complement and enhance the national programme outlined in Tender 1 (Appendix B), by focusing locally on Moray and on the translation of locally generated evidence into outputs that can help build a solid Business Case for adoption to influence service delivery and decision-making - focusing on rural, remote, and island contexts. The work will build skills in framing and communicating evidence in relation to Digital Transformation Business Cases - in ways that lead to change in health and care.
Background
Earlier this year, the National Centre commissioned research to explore the research training requirements of NHS Scotland practitioners in remote, rural, and island (RRI) settings. The findings identified a strong appetite for practical, participatory, and place based research approaches, as well as a clear requirement for flexible, supportive, and context-sensitive training opportunities.
In August a delivery partner was appointed to equip remote, rural and island NHS practitioners across Scotland with the skills and frameworks to lead community-engaged and locally-relevant research. This will provide a foundation in research methods and ethical practice.
The next phase of this work is to bring this research to life in Moray - creating a space for local practitioners and communities to explore what that confidence and collaboration looks like in practice through a digital health and care lens. It will address a particular gap: translating findings into persuasive outputs that influence service delivery and healthcare decision-making. Senior managers may be uncertain about how to act on practitioner-generated evidence. This work will create a short programme to strengthen the ability to convert evidence into action through different methods (e.g. case studies, stories, accessible data summaries and Business Cases).
Specification
The training delivery partner will work closely with DHI and NES to:
Develop and deliver a sustainable, scalable online training module tailored to Moray’s health and care workforce to support Digital Transformation Business Case Development.
Address the identified gap in digital leadership and evidence translation by equipping participants with practical skills to turn evidence/findings into outputs that help deliver Business Cases that can inform service delivery and healthcare decision making. This may include short persuasive reports, digital stories, infographics, case studies or Business Cases and Value Canvas illustrations, particularly in translating research into Business Cases and Value Propositions.
Pilot an online training model that can inform national rollout under Tender 1.
Strengthen local capacity and confidence in digital health innovation approaches for research service improvement through a clear Business Case structure.
Generate insights for national scalability on how research evidence can translate into tangible change on the ground.
Proposed Activities:
Co-design programme content to ensure relevance to Moray’s workforce and community context.
Develop 3-4 online workshops which are recorded for asynchronous, self-paced training (hosted on NES’s Turas platform).
Create a toolkit or online tool to support senior leaders in developing Business Cases and Value Propositions (turning local evidence into persuasive outputs for decision-making such as short reports, case studies, digital stories, infographics and Business Cases and Value Propositions).
Integrate Moray-specific case studies and stakeholder input to ensure contextual relevance.
Develop a Moray Evidence-to-Action Toolkit
Evaluate pilot outcomes and provide recommendations for national scaling (concise evaluation report with recommendations for national scaling and integration with Tender 1).
Key Timescales:
Tender Process | Date |
Issue call for proposals | 29 August 2025 |
Deadline for submissions | 10 September 2025 |
Contract awarded | 17 September 2025 |
Inception meeting | 25 September 2025 |
Project Phases | Date |
Phase 1: Co-design and planning activities | By end October 2025 |
Phase 2: Development of online workshops and digital modules | By end November 2025 |
Phase 3: Evaluation and reporting | 30 March 2026 |
Budget
A maximum budget of £10k (inc. VAT) has been assigned to this work, covering:
Staff time for co-design and delivery
Development of digital content and tools
Evaluation and reporting
Response
You are invited to respond to this document with the following information:
Your proposal for delivering on the requirements, scope, and deliverables described above, detailing:
Your understanding of the main issues to be addressed;
How you intend to deliver on the requirements; and
The methodology you propose to use
The expertise and experience of the team undertaking the work. This should include CV(s) and statement of availability of the individual(s) who will undertake the work.
Summaries of similar work undertaken, including contact information (name and telephone number or email address) for at least one reference
Details of risks identified, and how these will be mitigated
A realistic timetable of activities, including contingency management, to meet the timescales outlined above
A breakdown of costs, including any expenses
Response proposals are to be submitted to research@dhi-scotland.com.
For further information, or to assist with the completion of your response, you may contact jennifer.thomas@dhi-scotland.com.
The full quote and Tender 1 are included in the document below:
