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title: "GP IT Systems"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000582501"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS FORTH VALLEY"
published: "2019-07-10"
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# GP IT Systems

Buyer: NHS FORTH VALLEY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000582501

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## Summary

The NHS Forth Valley is seeking to continue the provision of GP IT Systems for patient administration and clinical applications across 54 practices in the Forth Valley Health Board area. This procurement has reached the award stage and was initiated on June 19, 2019. The procurement method is classified as limited, an award procedure carried out without prior publication of a call for competition, aiming to ensure a smooth transition to new services. The total contract value is approximately £584,000, with the necessary adaptations to comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirements to be completed within a 24-month period.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses in the healthcare IT sector, particularly those specialising in clinical applications and patient management systems. Companies that have the capacity to provide innovative IT solutions, particularly in compliance with health sector standards, would be well-positioned to compete in future mini competitions stemming from this contract. The involvement of NHS Forth Valley further indicates a stable, long-term partnership for suppliers capable of delivering high-quality health IT services, making this an attractive opportunity for smaller firms as well as established players in the industry.

## Notice

GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 54 practices in the Forth Valley Health Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Forth Valley Health 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/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. 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/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 | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL360232 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 | 10 Jul 2019 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Jun 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £584,000 |

## Status

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

- 10 Jul 2019 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL360232
- 26 Jun 2019 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN358729

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN358729
  GP IT Systems - GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 54 practices in the Forth Valley Health Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL360232
  GP IT Systems - GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 54 practices in the Forth Valley Health Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nhsforthvalley.com
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000582501

## Provenance

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