Notice Information
Notice Title
Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England
Notice Description
Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) put out a notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award. The contracting authority made clear its intention to direct award the contract to Third Iron. The case for direct award was made available on the tender portal. The financial envelope for the contract is PS308,000. The PIN link is: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 This is the associated Award notice.
Lot Information
Lot 1
1. Well established experience of working in partnership with EBSCO to enable seamless integration with the EBSCO Discovery Service, which is being deployed across the NHS in England. 2. Ability to deploy at scale: across the NHS in England there are approximately 400 OpenAthens organisational identities, 280 discovery service instances and 185 library services. 3. Extensive experience of working with NHS organisations to provide full-text fulfilment services for the healthcare workforce. 4. Experience of providing technical support, advice and documentation to NHS library and IT professionals. 5. Evidence of proactive product development based on library and user feedback and trends in the digital publishing and discovery landscape, and willingness to work in partnership on projects to provide bespoke enhancements for NHS users.
Procurement Information
A PIN notice was placed via ProContract as a Call for Competition, the notice was live for 30 days. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 Publication reference: 2021/S 000-003386 Publication date: 19 February 2021 F01: Prior information notice Call for competition
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006413-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £308,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Mar 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Mar 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Laura Devine
- Contact Email
- laura.devine@hee.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 4PL
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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