Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Shared Business Services
05280446
Halyard Court, 31 Broadway, The Quays
Salford
M50 2UW
UK
Contact person: Amanda Bailey
Telephone: +44 1612122420
E-mail: amanda.bailey12@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/39
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Joint Venture between the Department of Health and Sopra Steria
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support 2
Reference number: SBS/19/AB/WAS/9389
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48814200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The renewal of the current NHS SBS Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support Framework, which allows trusts to purchase software that allows for clear and concise suggestions of more effective, safer or cost effective medicines and medical devices.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
100 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48814400
48814200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
M50 2UW.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The renewal of the current NHS SBS Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support Framework, which supports trusts with software that allows for clear and concise suggestions of more effective, safer or cost effective medicines and medical devices.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 65 %
Price
/ Weighting:
35 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 106-259117
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support 2
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
First Databank UK Ltd
1880682
Swallowtail House, Grenadier Road
Exeter
EX1 3LH
UK
Telephone: +44 7969292549
E-mail: sradcliffe@fdbhealth.com
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 50 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2
Title: Medicines Management Prescribing Decision Support 2
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Optum Health Solutions (UK) Ltd
851569405
Level 10, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington
London
W2 1NW
UK
Telephone: +44 2071210560
E-mail: businessdevelopment@optum.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.optum-uk.com/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 50 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The duration referenced in Section II 1.4) is for the placing of orders.
The value provided in Section II 1.4) is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers any business through this framework agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the framework agreement from the anticipated levels given in this notice.
Due to Restrictions placed on contracting authority's, the list of contracting authorities able to access within the procurement documentation. This framework is available for all public sector organisations in the UK.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Shared Business Services
Salford
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Shared Business Services
Salford
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
OJEU procedures include a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such information should be requested from NHSSBS. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NHS Shared Business Services
Salford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/04/2020