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Support, Maintenance and Development of SnowOwl and SnowRay

Data services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS Digital: "Support, Maintenance and Development of SnowOwl and SnowRay". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS DigitalScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
4.8Bids / Report
44% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 26 active published awards; 25 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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityNHS Digital
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
Published30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
Last source update30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationData services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-038995
What is being bought
Contract with B2i for the provision of development, support and maintenance of the Snow Owl® Collaborative Authoring Platform and Terminology Server provided by B2i Healthcare to underpin the terminology authoring processes. This platform and tooling are used to author national SNOMED CT codes, and the ongoing maintenance of publication of the maintenance and improvement of the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Single Tender
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
B2i Healthcare Kft
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 15 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 1300500 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 1300500 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS Digital

Contracting authority GB-FTS-16450
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  • NHS Digital
    buyer
    reviewBody

    7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds, UKE42, LS1 4AP
    nhsdcommercial@nhs.net

  • B2i Healthcare Kft
    supplier

    01 09 930419
    Szent Istvan korut 18 Floor 1 Door 2, Budapest, HU, 1137
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleA. The works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for technical reasons:<br/>The UK SNOMED CT release is the second largest in the world (the largest is Singapore who also use Snow Owl), larger even than the International release. <br/>The only other terminology and authoring tool used by National Release Centres is provided by SNOMED International, but they have previously stated they would not be able to support the additional requirements of the UK’s national release.<br/><br/>B. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists: A change in contractor for the provision of development, support and maintenance of the SnowOwl and SnowRay. There is no other tool in existence that can meet our requirements and all other existing terminology tools would need to be developed to meet them, this would cause significant duplication of costs as any replacement provider would have to dedicate substantial resource to establishing and understanding the detailed design and operation of SnowOwl Authoring platform and terminology server.