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title: "PHE - Corporate - ICT - Foodswitch licence agreement via STA"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-029f7f"
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# PHE - Corporate - ICT - Foodswitch licence agreement via STA

Buyer: PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029f7f

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Public Health England (PHE), which is a part of the Department of Health and Social Care, aiming to award a contract for an ICT service titled "Foodswitch licence agreement via STA." This procurement falls under the services industry, specifically data capture services (CPV code 72313000). The procurement method was limited, with the rationale indicating that The Global Institute for Global Health is the sole supplier of the required food attribute data due to technical reasons. The contract was signed on 18 March 2021, and delivery is expected to occur within the UK.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in data services and applications. Companies engaged in health tech, app development, and data management would be particularly well-suited to compete for similar future tenders. With PHE prioritising the enhancement of user experience through their Change4Life Food Scanner app, firms that can provide innovative solutions to improve data accuracy and user engagement may find substantial prospects for collaboration and contract opportunities in this sector.

## Notice

Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (hereafter referred to as "Public Health England" or "PHE" also referred to as the "Contracting Authority" or the "Authority" or the "Employer") wishes to award The George Institute for Global Health a contract for PHE's Change4Life Food Scanner app to help parents take control of their children's snacking.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The George Institute for Global Health will source data which are not covered by our supplier and physically go out and document the product information and send us the results. This is a vital part of the Food Scanners data to ensure we have a better experience for our users. The current software has a crowdsourcing functionality within the app, this allows users to take pictures of any products which aren't found within the database and send them through and API to get processed via their team and then sent back to PHE to surface within the app.

### Procurement Information

The George Institute for Global Health have confirmed that they are the sole supplier / supplier of Food Switch data system and its proprietary algorithms that will be used to provision the requested food attribute data. Therefore, the direct award is based on PCR Reg. 32.2b (ii) which state that; The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons (Sole supplier statement provided as evidence to state they are the only supplier able to supply the services. We also did a market research and a google search and was unable to find a suitable supplier that can provide this type of product.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006157-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £40,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND |
| Locality | SALISBURY |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP2 0QT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK72 Wiltshire |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Electoral ward | Till Valley |
| Westminster constituency | East Wiltshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72313000 - Data capture services

## Release History

- 25 Mar 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006157-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england

## Provenance

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