Official UK procurement notice
Service continuity for General Practices using Silicon Practice software
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSilicon Practice is a supplier of general practice websites and online consultation systems. The company is in financial difficulty and administrators had recommended immediate cessation of software services to their general practice customers. This would have disrupted provision of general practice services to patients and would have had a detrimental effect on patient care. This business case is to cover costs of maintaining services to general practice for two weeks in order to enable a managed wind down and/or hand over of services.
CPV: Software support services · Software-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Mar 2023, 10:10 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Mar 2023, 10:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b6dfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Reg.32(2)(c) – Extreme Urgency
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon PracticeSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009086-2023-1 · Silicon PracticeSME
- Signed
- 16 Feb 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | £160,000 – £160,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Silicon PracticeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.