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title: "GP IT Systems"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a30d"
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buyer: "NHS LOTHIAN"
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# GP IT Systems

Buyer: NHS LOTHIAN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a30d

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## Summary

The procurement process involves NHS Lothian, which is procuring GP IT Systems for patient administration and clinical applications across 17 practices in the Lothian NHS Board region. This tender, officially titled "GP IT Systems," is classified under the IT services category, specifically consulting and software development. The procurement method used is a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, having been initiated on 15th March 2021. The contract modification will allow for a continued transition of services for an extended period of 24 months, ensuring that practices remain supported during the changeover to new systems.

This tender presents opportunities for IT service providers, particularly those focusing on healthcare solutions, medical software, and patient administration systems. Companies that specialise in medical information systems and computer-related services, especially those experienced in working with NHS contracts, could find this a valuable opportunity to expand their business and increase their market presence in the public healthcare sector. The awarded contract value is £230,000, highlighting the potential for significant business growth in support of NHS operations.

## Notice

GP IT systems for patient administration, clinical applications and associated services for 17 practices in the Lothian NHS Board region currently provided by EMIS Health Limited. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Lothian NHS Board require a modification to a contract to provide the continuation of services for GP IT Systems from their current contractor to cover an extended transition period of 24 months to new services provided under the framework agreement by National Services Scotland ['NSS'], on behalf of entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, local authorities, to entities constituted pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, the Scottish Prison Service, GP practices or premises from which GP or primary medical care services are provided, for GP IT Managed Services (OJEU 2019/ S024-053582). This modification allows contractors that have been appointed to the framework agreement to achieve a specified extent of compliance with certain functional and non-functional requirements which were all clearly identified in the procurement documents. This validation exercise is agreed to take 12 months. This modification then allows for 6 months for these practices to agree a new call-off contract following mini competition according to the rules of the framework agreement. This modification allows for a further 6 months transition from old services to new.

### Procurement Information

To provide continuation of essential current GP IT clinical system provision until services are replaced by the new services procured under the GP IT managed services framework agreement by NSS [2019/S024-053582]. The contracting authority relies on Regulation 72(1)(b) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 where a change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons and it would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the initial contract value.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007068-2021 |
| 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 | 7 Apr 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 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 | £230,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS LOTHIAN |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH3 5HY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Inverleith |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith |
| Delivery location | TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian, TLM75 City of Edinburgh, TLM78 West Lothian |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EMIS HEALTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48180000 - Medical software package
- 48814000 - Medical information systems
- 48814200 - Patient-administration system
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72500000 - Computer-related services

## Release History

- 7 Apr 2021 at 09:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007068-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:193049-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=650018
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00326

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