Notice Information
Notice Title
NHS Scotland National Finance System Software Licence and Support Services Agreement
Notice Description
Advanced Business Solutions are the current provider of maintenance and support services for the eFinancials Smart Business Suite Finance System. The current annual maintenance and support agreement is an extension to the original 2006 National contract. This new 3.5-year extension is required to support this critical system at a time when we are preparing to launch a national Business Services procurement which is due to launch during the first half of 2025 and will also include a finance element that will replace eFinancials.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Advanced Business Solutions are the current provider of maintenance and support services for the eFinancials Smart Business Suite Finance System. The current annual maintenance and support agreement is an extension to the original 2006 National contract. This new 3.5-year extension is required to support this critical system at a time when we are preparing to launch a national Business Services procurement which is due to launch during the first half of 2025 and will also include a finance element that will replace eFinancials.
Procurement Information
No other supplier available to provide this support whilst a new procurement is being planned.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000789699
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB523184
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £5,858,450 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Dec 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- cameron.wright@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312756000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9EB
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB523184
NHS Scotland National Finance System Software Licence and Support Services Agreement - Advanced Business Solutions are the current provider of maintenance and support services for the eFinancials Smart Business Suite Finance System. The current annual maintenance and support agreement is an extension to the original 2006 National contract. This new 3.5-year extension is required to support this critical system at a time when we are preparing to launch a national Business Services procurement which is due to launch during the first half of 2025 and will also include a finance element that will replace eFinancials.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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