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Published 18 Oct 2022, 15:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Consultation Tools for Primary Care

Official notice

Authority: Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)
Awarded value£1,975,976published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Sept 2022no call for competition
Awarded to accuRx

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of its Digital Transformation Strategy, NHS England is encouraging the use of technology to empower patients and make it easier for clinicians to deliver high quality care, enabling patients to seamlessly navigate services, while enabling practices to seamlessly integrate digital solutions to improve processes and operating models within primary care.

The service will deliver:

  • Online forms or systems for patients who may benefit from care but not able to contact their practice via traditional means
  • Clinical messaging to support practice to record information into the clinical record in a structured and consistent format (questionnaires)
  • Video Consultations to meet the need for flexible appointment methods for patients and GP's
  • Batch Messaging to distribute messaging to groups of patients at a time
  • SMS Integration for practice staff to send materials to patients on an ad-hoc basis

CPV: Health services · Video conferencing software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The contract will be for a period of 2-years with the option to extend for a further 12 months (01.10.22 - 30.09.24 with the option to extend from 01.10.24 - 30.09.25).
48515000 Video conferencing software package

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Oct 2022, 15:02 BST
Last source update
18 Oct 2022, 15:02 BST
Authority reference
ACE-0631-2022-HWE
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029330
Classification (CPV)
Health servicesVideo conferencing software package
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0376b4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board have undertaken a compliant procurement process as a call-off from the G-Cloud 12 Framework to identify, and appoint, the most appropriate supplier to deliver the services in line with the commissioners requirements.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,975,9761 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
accuRxSME£1,975,976 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Digital Consultation Tools for Primary Care · accuRxSME

    Signed
    22 Sept 2022
    Value
    £1,975,976
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Charter House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AccuRx LimitedAwarded supplier 27 Downham Road, London, London, N1 5AA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.