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Official procurement procedure
PHE - Corporate - ICT - Foodswitch licence agreement via STA
Data capture services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Public Health England: "PHE - Corporate - ICT - Foodswitch licence agreement via STA". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Public Health England | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Public Health England
Market Analytics
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Published history for Public Health England. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
3.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 58 active published awards; 52 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityPublic Health 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 |
Published25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT | Last source update25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationData capture services | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029f7f | ||
What is being bought
Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (hereafter referred to as "Public Health England" or "PHE" also referred to as the "Contracting Authority" or the "Authority" or the "Employer") wishes to award The George Institute for Global Health a contract for PHE's Change4Life Food Scanner app to help parents take control of their children’s snacking.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT - Official notice release published
25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT - Buyer information updated
25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedStatus not publishedPublished valueNot publishedThe George Institute for Global Health will source data which are not covered by our supplier and physically go out and document the product information and send us the results. This is a vital part of the Food Scanners data to ensure we have a better experience for our users. The current software has a crowdsourcing functionality within the app, this allows users to take pictures of any products which aren't found within the database and send them through and API to get processed via their team and then sent back to PHE to surface within the app.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 18 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £40,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards The Global Institute for Global Health Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £40,000 · signed 18 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Public Health England
Contracting authority GB-FTS-2800Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe George Institute for Global Health have confirmed that they are the sole supplier / supplier of Food Switch data system and its proprietary algorithms that will be used to provision the requested food attribute data.
Therefore, the direct award is based on PCR Reg. 32.2b (ii) which state that; The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:— (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons (Sole supplier statement provided as evidence to state they are the only supplier able to supply the services. We also did a market research and a google search and was unable to find a suitable supplier that can provide this type of product. |