Official UK procurement notice
Primary Care Prescribing Decision Support System - Hertfordshire and West Essex
Authority: West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Prescribing Decision Support Tool enables prescribers (GPs, nurses and pharmacists) to understand the recommended local choices for prescribing. The implementation of this system creates significant savings through prescribers accepting the recommended switches and also educates prescribers to select those first choice products the next time these are prescribed. The tool also provides safety messages at the point of prescribing.
A contract to deliver the Prescribing Decision Support Tool across the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) area has been awarded to Optum. This contract has been awarded via the SBS Framework for Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support Systems 2 (Reference SBS/19/AB/WAS/9389).
CPV: Clinical information system · Medical software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 May 2022, 14:14 BST
- Last source update
- 25 May 2022, 14:14 BST
- Authority reference
ACE-0592-2022-HWE- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014643- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033fd9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract award has been made using a compliant Framework which allows for a direct award procedure. The Framework utilised was the NHS SBS Framework for Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support Systems 2. Reference SBS/19/AB/WAS/9389.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optum Health Solutions (UK) Ltd | £798,863 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Primary Care Prescribing Decision Support System - Hertfordshire and West Essex · Optum Health Solutions (UK) Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Mar 2022
- Value
- £798,863
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
- NHS East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning GroupContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Optum Health Solutions UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.