Official UK procurement notice
Content Evidence Checks · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Digital (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe content has been created using the best available evidence and is presented in a balanced manner so that users can understand and act on it. As a minimum each piece of content is reviewed at least once every 3 years to ensure it is clinically and factually accurate based on the latest clinical guidance.<br/>For the last 18 months our content team has been focussed on delivering COVID-19-related products and services, which has created a backlog of reviews. This has meant we have not been achieving the 3-year review deadline for some topics.
CPV: Content or data standardization and classification services · Technical analysis or consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The NHS website includes thousands of articles on symptoms, conditions and treatments…AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
The NHS website includes thousands of articles on symptoms, conditions and treatments as well as hundreds of articles on healthy living. It aims to help people make good choices about their health and use of NHS health and care services.<br/>The content has been created using the best available evidence and is presented in a balanced manner so that users can understand and act on it.<br/>As a minimum each piece of content is reviewed at least once every 3 years to ensure it is clinically and factually accurate based on the latest clinical guidance.<br/>For the last 18 months our content team has been focussed on delivering COVID-19-related products and services, which has created a backlog of reviews. This has meant we have not been achieving the 3-year review deadline for some topics.<br/>We recruited a supplier earlier this year to pilot a process where they would check the information presented is clinically accurate based on the latest evidence (the evidence check). This pilot is now complete and we would like to move on to the next phase of the project.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Jun 2022, 10:32 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2022, 15:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jun 2022 – …
- Authority reference
C102765- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028452- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034312Find a Tender
- Performance terms
See Invitation to Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 30 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
24 Jun 2022 → 10 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published10 Oct 2022, 15:42 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Oct 2022, 15:42 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bid openingTender opening date · IV.2.7.1 | 24 Jun 2022 | 1 Jul 2022 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028452-2022-1 · The Economist
- Signed
- 14 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | £400,000 – £400,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
- High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Economist GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.