Official UK procurement notice
NICE Framework for Healthcare Knowledge Resources
Authority: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this procurement is to put in place a Framework Agreement to support the purchase of healthcare related print and electronic knowledge resources by NHS, health and social care organisations in the UK. Clinicians and staff within these organisations need these knowledge resources to support their practice, research and education. Such knowledge resources will include (but may not be limited to) print and electronic journals and books, databases of bibliographic and full text published content and clinical decision support resources.
This procurement will replace the current NICE Electronic and Print Content Framework Agreement when it expires on 31 May 2-25. More details about the current Framework specification and agreement can be found at: www.nice.org.uk/about/nice-communiti… ↗
Suppliers of healthcare related knowledge resources, including publishers, subscription agents, aggregators and booksellers, are encouraged to attend a Supplier Event 19th June 2024, 10:30am - 1pm in London. Feedback on the current Framework specification and purchasing processes will be discussed with potential Bidders at this session in order to inform the procurement, alongside details of the procurement process for this tender.
If you would like to attend this session please register you interest with [email protected] by 10:00 (UK) 17.05.2024.
CPV: Library and archive services · Library services · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines · Printed books, brochures and leaflets
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · 4 with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 5 and win at most 5 of themLot #1Sole SupplierPlannedPublished value£10,000,000
This Lot will be used to purchase Knowledge Resources that can only be provided by one (i.e. a "sole") Provider; purchasing from this Lot will be by direct award only; any Knowledge Resource from the categories set out in the procurement documents may be supplied in Lot 1 provided that the Bidder is the sole supplier of the title(s). However, only journal and eBook collections and not individual titles may be supplied under Lot 1.
Lot #2Print BooksPlannedPublished value£3,000,000
Medical and healthcare related print books
Note these are for pre-printed and published books
This is not for a printing service.
Lot #3eBooksPlannedLot estimate not published
Medical and healthcare related eBooks
Lot #4Print and eJournalsPlannedPublished value£5,000,000
Medical and Healthcare related Print and eJournals
Lot #5Databases and Clinical Decision Support ResourcesPlannedPublished value£20,000,000
Databases: searchable online collections of structured information to support healthcare practice, learning, teaching and research to include: abstracting & indexing/bibliographic databases; full-text databases; reference works; anatomy resources.
Clinical Decision Support resources: referential or visual evidence and knowledge summaries designed to provide health professionals with comprehensive evidence and "actionable knowledge" to: support decision-making at the point of care e.g. at the bedside, in the ward, in the clinic, and in community settings, including the patient's or carer's home; and to support education and learning before, during and after the patient consultation.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “NICE Framework for Healthcare Knowledge Resources” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Mar 2024, 12:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Apr 2024, 13:11 BST
- Authority reference
NICEFHKR2025- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012807- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0446cfFind a Tender
Publisher note: Suppliers of healthcare related knowledge resources, including publishers, subscription agents, aggregators and booksellers, are encouraged to attend a Supplier Event 19th June 2024, 10:30am - 1pm in London. Feedback on the current Framework specification and purchasing processes will be discussed with potential Bidders at this session in order to inform the procurement, alongside details of the procurement process for this tender. If you would like to attend this session please register you interest with [email protected] by 10:00 (UK) 17.05.2024.
How it was run
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Timeline
19 Apr 2024 → 15 Aug 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published19 Apr 2024, 13:11 BST
- Tender notice expected15 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | TextI.3 | I.3) Communication The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk | No procurement documents currently available as this is a call for suppliers to register an interest in attending the supplier day. | |
| — | TextII.1.4 | If you would like to attend this session please register you interest with [email protected] by 10:00 (UK) 17.05.2024. | If you would like to attend this session please register you interest with [email protected] by 10:00 (UK) 5.06.2024. |
F01: Prior information notice (reducing time limits for receipt of tenders) Incorrect notice type. This notice should be for Prior information notice ONLY
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)Review body
Official documents & specifications
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