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ScriptSwitch Prescribing Decision Support national subscription

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
Scotland (UKM)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS): "ScriptSwitch Prescribing Decision Support national subscription". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
5.2Bids / Report
10.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 512 active published awards; 455 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
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
Published10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
Last source update10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-045894
What is being bought
ScriptSwitch is a medicines decision support system integrated with GP clinical systems. Embedded within the prescribing workflow and integrated with the patient record, it aims to provide actionable information and guidance to reduce risk, improve outcomes and reduce prescribing costs. This is a national contract by NSS for the software on behalf of the 14 regional NHS Boards. The software services a patient list size of ~5.8m patients and delivered over 7m GBP of prescribing savings in 2023-24.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This is a direct award of a two year contract, with an optional extension of one year, to provide a continuation of this service which has been provided as a national agreement since 2018. Currently no other software solution can provide this service integrated to any of the GP IT Clinical Systems in use in Scotland.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 May 2024, 11:48 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £3,421,896
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£3,421,896 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Contracting authority GB-FTS-91922
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  • The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
    buyer

    Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UKM, EH12 9EB
    george.futcher@nhs.scot
    +44 7798870171

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
    edinburgh@scotcourts.gov.uk
    +44 1312252525

  • OPTUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
    supplier

    10th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, UK, W2 1AS
    +44 2071210560
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNSS awards this contract under Regulation 33.(1)(b)(ii) where competition is absent for technical reasons.