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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/full-text-fulfilment-tool-for-the-nhs-in-england-health-education-england-ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Health Education England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/health-education-england-GB-FTS-1319)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £308,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/full-text-fulfilment-tool-for-the-nhs-in-england-health-education-england-ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** 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...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England (active)
  - Award id: `006413-2021-DN528159-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Third Iron**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-85500`
  - Value: £308,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England (active)
  - Signed Value: £308,000
  - Signed Date: 28/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006413-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-29T15:25:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T02:03:38.737Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e