Official UK procurement notice
Secure Digital Patient Platform
Authority: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UKEast Midlands (UKF)
Published estimate£750,000≈ £250k / year · £900,000 inc. VAT3.2% below final estimate
Submissions closed 25 Jul 2025awarded 25 Nov 2025
Awarded to MADE PURPLE LTD2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of an accessible secure patient focused intranet and internet, to enable the Trust to reduce digital deprivation for their patients and provide patients with the tools to learn new skills, research their medical needs, find information about the Trust and CQC reports. This is important in improving the patient experience and supporting their journey through high, medium and low secure hospitals.
- No preliminary market engagement: Not required
CPV: IT software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality and Technical: 50%
- Commercials: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality and Technical
- Social Value
- Commercials
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2025, 16:07 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Apr 2026, 11:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
C368834- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035177- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0553a3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
25 Jun 2025 → 29 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published25 Jun 2025, 16:07 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent332 days ago25 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends318 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published176 days ago29 Apr 2026, 11:54 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025- Tender notice published25 Jun 2025, 16:07 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Nov 2025, 13:09 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Nov 2025, 13:09 GMT
- Contract signature expected23 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Apr 2026, 11:54 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £435,5621 award exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADE PURPLE LTD5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2029 · up to 4 Jan 2031Extensions: The contract has the option to be extended for a further 2 x 12 months duration, following the initial 3 year term. | £435,562 | 25 Nov 2025standstill to 8 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
| MADE PURPLE LTD | £725,937 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Secure Digital Patient Platform · MADE PURPLE LTD
- Signed
- 20 Apr 2026
- Value
- £725,937
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029 · up to 7 Jan 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract has the option to be extended for a further 2 x 12 months duration, following the initial 3 year term.
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than £5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Made Purple LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender