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Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England

Education and training services
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Health Education England: "Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHealth Education EnglandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Health Education England
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Published history for Health Education England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHealth Education England
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
Last source update29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02a07e
What is being bought
Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) put out a notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award. The contracting authority made clear its intention to direct award the contract to Third Iron. The case for direct award was made available on the tender portal. The financial envelope for the contract is £308,000. The PIN link is: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 This is the associated Award notice.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    1. Well established experience of working in partnership with EBSCO to enable seamless integration with the EBSCO Discovery Service, which is being deployed across the NHS in England. 2. Ability to deploy at scale: across the NHS in England there are approximately 400 OpenAthens organisational identities, 280 discovery service instances and 185 library services. 3. Extensive experience of working with NHS organisations to provide full-text fulfilment services for the healthcare workforce. 4. Experience of providing technical support, advice and documentation to NHS library and IT professionals. 5. Evidence of proactive product development based on library and user feedback and trends in the digital publishing and discovery landscape, and willingness to work in partnership on projects to provide bespoke enhancements for NHS users.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 29 Mar 2021, 00:00 BST · £308,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Third Iron
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England
£308,000 · signed 29 Mar 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Health Education England

Contracting authority GB-FTS-10519
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  • Health Education England
    buyer

    Blenheim House,Duncombe Street, LEEDS, UKE, LS14PL
    laura.devine@hee.nhs.uk

  • Health Education England
    reviewBody

    Leeds, LS1 4PL

  • Third Iron
    supplier

    St. Paul, MN, US, 55127
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleA PIN notice was placed via ProContract as a Call for Competition, the notice was live for 30 days. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 Publication reference: 2021/S 000-003386 Publication date: 19 February 2021 F01: Prior information notice Call for competition