Computer-related services. The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is the host organisation for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network, North West Coast (NIHR, CRN:NWC). We are looking to purchase a Local Portfolio Management System (LPMS) to help manage research studies across the NIHR, CRN:NWC. The system must be web based and must enable access across the NIHR, CRN: NWC to : — (i) Hold all information relating to studies (ii) Have sufficient security to enable staff to input or view studies by Trust only but also have the flexibility to allow read only access to others (iii) Input research data directly to the database (iv) Allow the download of data from other research systems (v) Allow the upload of data from the NIHR and the subsequent download of data to other CRN member research systems (vi) Work to an agreed, standards based supplier contract approved by NIHRThe system must be implemented within a short time-frame so an ‘off the shelf' software system is required. The system must be operational in other sites in a research environment across multiple organisations. The system must be — Web based-Use SSL/TSSL encryption and secondary authentication-Have screen displays and user manuals in English-Be scalable so that it can be used across multiple organisations The NHIR, CRN has worked with all major LPMS stakeholders to create the LPMS Systems of Choice Framework, which is a set of documentation which provides guidance on contracting with the Suppliers, levels of functionality specifications and service management approach to help support selection of an appropriate LPMS. NWC will follow the guidance provided in these documents, which are available at www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/evolving_the_network/local_portfolio_management_system