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title: "GP IT Systems"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000615976"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS BORDERS"
published: "2020-02-25"
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# GP IT Systems

Buyer: NHS BORDERS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000615976

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## Summary

The NHS Borders initiated a procurement process for the provision of GP IT Systems, which encompasses patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 23 practices within the Borders NHS Board region. The procurement is categorised under Health services and has reached the Award stage, with the contract value amounting to £208,000. Key dates include the award on 19 February 2020, as well as the completion of the entire tender process noted as complete. This limited procurement method was undertaken without prior publication of a call for competition, aligned with regulations that allow continuity of critical services during a transition period.

This contract presents a valuable opportunity for IT service providers, particularly those with expertise in healthcare technology and systems integration. Businesses with a focus on developing or supplying IT solutions tailored for primary medical care environments would be well-positioned to compete for similar future contracts under the GP IT managed services framework. The modification to this contract enables contractors compliant with the framework to enhance service delivery over an extended period, potentially expanding their market presence within NHS and local authority settings.

## Notice

GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 23 practices in the Borders NHS Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Borders 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/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

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive explanation: 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 | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB381960 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Feb 2020 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Feb 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £208,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BORDERS |
| Locality | MELROSE |
| Post town | Galashiels |
| Postcode | TD6 9BS |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM91 Scottish Borders |
| Local authority | Scottish Borders |
| Electoral ward | Leaderdale and Melrose |
| Westminster constituency | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Delivery location | TLM91 Scottish Borders |

## 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

- 25 Feb 2020 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB381960

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB381960
  GP IT Systems - GP IT Systems for patient administration, clinical applications, and associated services for 23 practices in the Borders NHS Board region currently provided by EMIS Health. These applications comply with the Scottish Enhanced Functionality (SEF) requirement.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nhsborders.org.uk/
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=615976
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000615976

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