---
title: "Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND"
published: "2021-03-29"
---

# Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England

Buyer: HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Health Education England, a public body dedicated to education within the healthcare sector, seeking a Full-text fulfilment tool to support NHS operations across England. This tender falls under the education and training services category and is at the Award stage. The procurement method is limited, with a financial envelope of £308,000. The contract was signed on 29th March 2021, following a prior information notice that was live for 30 days. The successful supplier is Third Iron, and the delivery is intended across various locations in England.

This tender presents a promising opportunity for businesses specialising in digital library services, healthcare supply, and educational technology, particularly those with experience collaborating with NHS organisations. Companies with a track record of providing full-text fulfilment services, technical support for library integration, and scale deployment across diverse NHS entities will be well-positioned to compete. Now that the award has been made, businesses should analyse the contract details to identify potential gaps or needs in service provision that they can address in future tenders.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006413-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 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 | £308,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 4PL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THIRD IRON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 29 Mar 2021 at 15:25 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006413-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hee.nhs.uk
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021

## Provenance

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