Official UK procurement notice
Modification Notice to COVID-19 Test Digital Platform
Authority: Health and Social Care Information Centre, known as NHS Digital (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contract with Deloitte LLP for the provision of digital solution design, build and…
Contract with Deloitte LLP for the provision of digital solution design, build and live service of a digital platform, ordering portals and mobile applications to support the Covid-19 National Test Service. The services provided under this contract support the digital and data journey for COVID-19 testing, currently amounting to millions of tests each week, and have introduced new capabilities as the testing programme has evolved to support the pandemic response.
The scope of work under the contract is constantly changing to meet new demands of the pandemic, and has evolved to include the provision of services to disaggregate the solution, removing interdependencies and facilitating the formation of independent services capable of transition to replacement suppliers. Given the bespoke nature of the digital testing platform, this disaggregation work is complex and accordingly, the contract required an extension to allow the supplier to continue the disaggregation services without impacting on the stability of the platform.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Jul 2021, 08:25 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2021, 08:25 BST
- Authority reference
CON 4474- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016559- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte | £74,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 016559-2021-Contract 4474-1 · Deloitte
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2020
- Value
- £74,800,000
- Status
- active
- Change The contract was amended to extend the duration by 3 months to 30 June 2021. To reflect the extended term, the contract value also increased to £74,800,000., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The digital testing platform is inextricably linked to the successful running of the testing strategy and a change in economic operator at the end of March would have threatened the continued running of the overarching testing service. The digital platform has been developed with a technical architecture to interoperate with the other suppliers of testing services, and a transition away from this platform whilst there is still a significant level of change to the nature of the services risks disrupting the continuity of services. A change in contractor for the provision of the digital platform would cause significant duplication of costs as any replacement provider would have to dedicate substantial resource in establishing and understanding the detailed infrastructure of the platform and how it interoperates with other service providers. Further, as well as the costs involved with ensuring the smooth transition of data from the current supplier to the new provider, transition to a new supplier could put the operation of the digital testing platform at risk of disruption which would cause significant inconvenience, not only to NHS Digital, but to the wider public on the end to end testing journey. This could have serious implications to public health and the containment of the spread of the virus.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Deloitte LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.