Official UK procurement notice
PHE - Corporate - ICT - Foodswitch licence agreement via STA
Authority: Public Health England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPublic 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.
CPV: Data capture services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The George Institute for Global Health will source data which are not covered by our…
The 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006157- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The 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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Global Institute for Global HealthSubcontracting: declared | £40,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 006157-2021-1 · The Global Institute for Global Health
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2021
- Value
- £40,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Not applicableReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Global Institute for Global HealthAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.