Official UK procurement notice
Support, Maintenance and Development of SnowOwl and SnowRay
Authority: NHS Digital (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract 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.
CPV: Data services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Single TenderAwarded
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
- 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
- 30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Nov 2022, 15:45 GMT
- Authority reference
111723- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033969- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038995Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
A. 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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| B2i Healthcare KftSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033969-2022-1 · B2i Healthcare KftSME
- Signed
- 15 Nov 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | £1,300,500 – £1,300,500 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- B2i Healthcare KftAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.