Official UK procurement notice
GP IT Systems · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Grampian (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGP IT systems for patient administration, clinical applications and associated services for 61 practices in the Grampian NHS Board region and Scottish Prison Service currently provided by Vision (In Practice Systems Ltd / Cedegim Healthcare Solutions). These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.
CPV: Computer-related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Medical information systems · Medical software package · Patient-administration system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Grampian NHS Board require a modification to a contract to provide the continuation of…
Grampian NHS Board require a modification to a contract to provide the continuation of services for GP IT
Systems from their current contractor to cover an extended transition period of 24 months to new services
provided under the framework agreement by National Services Scotland [‘NSS’], on behalf of entities constituted
pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, local authorities, to entities constituted pursuant
to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, the Scottish Prison Service, GP practices or premises
from which GP or primary medical care services are provided, for GP IT Managed Services (OJEU 2019/
S024-053582). This modification allows contractors that have been appointed to the framework agreement
to achieve a specified extent of compliance with certain functional and non-functional requirements which
were all clearly identified in the procurement documents. This validation exercise is agreed to take 12 months.
This modification then allows for 6 months for these practices to agree a new call-off contract following mini
competition according to the rules of the framework agreement. This modification allows for a further 6 months
transition from old services to new.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2021, 13:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2021, 13:40 GMT
- Authority reference
NP5007/09- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006088- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f3aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
To provide continuation of essential current GP IT clinical system provision until services are replaced by the
new services procured under the GP IT managed services framework agreement by NSS [2019/S024-053582].
The contracting authority relies on Regulation 72(1)(b) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
where a change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons and it would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price
does not exceed 50 % of the initial contract value.
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only
formal remedy is to apply to the courts: an economic operator that suffers or is at risk of suffering, loss or
damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=648581. (SC Ref:648581)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INPSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.