# \(NU/1404\) Consultancy Services for the ERN RARE Liver Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Newcastle University](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: iXscient Consulting Ltd
- Award value: £1,800,000
- Tender value: £180,000
- Award date: 30 August 2018
- Published: 25 September 2018
- Contract start: 11 September 2018
- Contract end: 28 February 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 100b35f4-e46a-4d5f-9cb3-b1d3a0a637ff-242556
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-eda3bcdf-521e-476b-85c6-29184a3ad9c7

## Description

The ERN RARE LIVER is a European Reference Networks \(ERN\)\. ERNs are virtual networks involvinghealthcare providers across Europe\. They aim to tackle complex or rare medical diseases or conditions thatrequire highly specialized treatment and a concentration of knowledge and resources\. To review a patient'sdiagnosis and treatment, ERN coordinators will convene a "virtual" advisory board of medical specialists across different disciplines, using a dedicated IT platform and telemedicine tools\. This way it is the medical knowledgeand expertise that travel rather than the patients, who have the comfort of staying in their supportive homeenvironments\. The scope of the work is to provide administrative services to the project\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/100b35f4-e46a-4d5f-9cb3-b1d3a0a637ff-242556)