{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5fb-2026-08-17T16:46:36+01:00",
    "date": "2026-08-17T16:46:36+01:00",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5fb",
    "description": "Please download the 2026-08 VACS PIN V01.0 (Final).docx from this Public Contracts Scotland prior information notice and return completed, and as instructed in the PIN, by 12:00 Friday 18 September 2026. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=840378. (SC Ref:840378)",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "tender": {
        "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5fb",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "32014L0024",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
        },
        "title": "National Vaccination Appointments, Clinics and Scheduling (VACS)",
        "status": "planned",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "72000000",
            "description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "description": "Public Services Delivery Scotland is exploring a unified national appointment and scheduling solution capable of supporting multi-disease programmes and connecting seamlessly with Scotland's wider digital health ecosystem.",
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "description": "This PIN is being conducted to determine what solutions may be available, determine the scope of any future procurement to enable the delivery of a national solution, and to ascertain indicative costs.",
                "status": "planned"
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UKM"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ],
        "communication": {
            "futureNoticeDate": "2027-03-31T00:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ]
    },
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-179412",
            "name": "The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "1 South Gyle Crescent.",
                "locality": "Edinburgh",
                "region": "UKM",
                "postalCode": "EH12 9EB",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "telephone": "+44 1312756000",
                "email": "nss.itprocurement@nhs.scot"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer",
                "centralPurchasingBody"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "http://publicservicesdelivery.scot/about/procurement/",
                "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
                        "description": "Body governed by public law"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "07",
                        "description": "Health"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-FTS-179412",
        "name": "The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)"
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "canonical",
            "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000840378"
        }
    ],
    "language": "en"
}