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title: "Procurement for the Appointment of a Digital Platform Provider"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037836"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (SCCL) THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NHS SUPPLY CHAIN"
published: "2023-07-10"
---

# Procurement for the Appointment of a Digital Platform Provider

Buyer: SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (SCCL) THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NHS SUPPLY CHAIN  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037836

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## Summary

The Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) is seeking a digital platform provider for the NHS Supply Chain to improve service delivery and provide a more efficient ordering platform. The procurement process involves the appointment of a supplier for a Supply Chain Digital Commerce Portal, including services based architecture, business rules engine, and product data management. The organisation is based in London, UK, and the procurement stage is currently in the planning phase as of the latest update on 24th October 2022 with preliminary information available.

This tender for a digital platform provider by SCCL offers opportunities for IT services, consulting, and software development companies to compete for the contract. Businesses specialising in networking software development, platform interconnectivity, and information technology services would be suitable for this procurement. The appointment will involve a total anticipated contract value of around £10,000,000 over 5 years, providing a significant opportunity for business growth in the IT services industry, particularly those focused on digital commerce solutions.

## Notice

Currently, NHS Supply Chain captures customer demand through a range of solutions including a core catalogue, EDI order feeds, through a forecast driven automated replenishment model, and through orders triggered by inventory usage (e.g., in theatres for high value products). Some of these solutions are over 30 years old, unstable, aren't flexible and are unable to adapt to our strategy or external changes. We are looking for ONE Supply Chain Digital Commerce Portal - Provide a single tailored and intuitive order and order management platform, managing personalised content delivery across web and mobile channels whilst supporting integration with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and 3rd party platforms. The platform will be made accessible to the NHS as well as ~1,100 Suppliers. Services based Architecture - Highly agile, modular, and incremental architecture to improve service delivery providing single source of truth, accelerated time to value and reducing total cost of ownership Business rules engine - Defining rules against product master data including but not limited to, product price, stock levels, rationing rules, minimum and maximum order values, and Supply routing conditions Product Data Management / Taxonomy - A complete and comprehensible product taxonomy enabling customers to find exactly what they need and complete their checkout with ease.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Choice of Procurement Procedure - Restricted Procedure The 5 highest bids will be taken through to the Tender (AQ) stage in accordance with the mechanism set out in Document 2 (SQ Instructions). Please refer to the suite of Procurement Documentation. Please be aware that anticipated contract value does not include any extension periods beyond the initial term of 5 years

Renewal: This contract is subject to renewal Yes - 24 Months The Contract makes also provision for a further 18 month Termination Assistance Period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019599-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Mar 2023 |
| Future notice date | 18 Nov 2022 |
| Award date | 3 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000 |
| Lots value | £10,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (SCCL) THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NHS SUPPLY CHAIN |
| Additional buyers | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (SCCL) - THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NHS SUPPLY CHAIN |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212210 - Networking software development services
- 72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services
- 72212213 - Operating system enhancement software development services
- 72212214 - Network operating system software development services
- 72212218 - License management software development services
- 72212219 - Miscellaneous networking software development services
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72320000 - Database services
- 72400000 - Internet services

## Release History

- 10 Jul 2023 at 10:30 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019599-2023
- 4 Jul 2023 at 13:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019018-2023
- 8 Feb 2023 at 14:08 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003884-2023
- 7 Feb 2023 at 09:31 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003652-2023
- 24 Oct 2022 at 09:26 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029875-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
- https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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