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title: "GP IT Systems"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02d748"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS FORTH VALLEY"
published: "2021-08-20"
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# GP IT Systems

Buyer: NHS FORTH VALLEY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02d748

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## Summary

The procurement process involves NHS Forth Valley, which is seeking to continue services for GP IT Systems crucial for patient administration and clinical applications across 51 practices in the NHS Forth Valley Board region. This process is currently at the Award stage, with the contract valued at £610,000 having been signed on 21 July 2021. The procurement falls under the industry category of IT services and is executed through a limited procurement method, specifically an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Delivery addresses are situated in the region of UKM76, and there is an opportunity to extend the current services for a period of 24 months while transitioning to new systems provided under the framework agreement by National Services Scotland.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses involved in IT services, particularly those that specialise in consulting, software development, and medical applications. Companies that can demonstrate compliance with essential functional requirements and have experience in delivering IT solutions to healthcare organisations will be well-suited to compete for contracts associated with this procurement. As NHS systems are transitioning, there is potential for growth in providing ongoing support and development services, making this an attractive opportunity for businesses looking to expand within the public health sector.

## Notice

GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 51 practices in the NHS Forth Valley Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Forth Valley 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 a further 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/S 024-053582). 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. Validation has not been reached by any of the contractors. This modification 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/S 024-053582]. 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/020441-2021 |
| 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 | 20 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jul 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 | £610,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS FORTH VALLEY |
| Locality | STIRLING |
| Post town | Falkirk and Stirling |
| Postcode | FK9 4SW |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling |
| Local authority | Stirling |
| Electoral ward | Stirling North |
| Westminster constituency | Stirling and Strathallan |
| Delivery location | TLM76 Falkirk |

## Supplier

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

## 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

- 20 Aug 2021 at 10:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020441-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhsforthvalley.com
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:193049-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=663746
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00067

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