Notice Information
Notice Title
Support, Maintenance and Development of SnowOwl and SnowRay
Notice Description
Contract with B2i for the provision of development, support and maintenance of the Snow Owl(r) 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.
Procurement Information
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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-038995
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033969-2022
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72300000 - Data services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Nov 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Nov 20223 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
- NHS DIGITAL
- Contact Name
- nhsdcommercial@nhs.net
- Contact Email
- nhsdcommercial@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds South
Further Information
Notice URLs
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