Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Digital
7 & 8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
UK
Contact person: nhsdcommercial@nhs.net
E-mail: nhsdcommercial@nhs.net
NUTS: UKE42
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.digital.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.digital.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Support, Maintenance and Development of SnowOwl and SnowRay
Reference number: 111723
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract with B2i for the provision of development, support and maintenance of the Snow Owl® Collaborative Authoring Platform and Terminology Server provided by B2i Healthcare to underpin the terminology authoring processes. This platform and tooling are used to author national SNOMED CT codes, and the ongoing maintenance of publication of the maintenance and improvement of the SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 300 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Single Tender
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
A. The works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for technical reasons:<br/>The UK SNOMED CT release is the second largest in the world (the largest is Singapore who also use Snow Owl), larger even than the International release. <br/>The only other terminology and authoring tool used by National Release Centres is provided by SNOMED International, but they have previously stated they would not be able to support the additional requirements of the UK’s national release.<br/><br/>B. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists: A change in contractor for the provision of development, support and maintenance of the SnowOwl and SnowRay. There is no other tool in existence that can meet our requirements and all other existing terminology tools would need to be developed to meet them, this would cause significant duplication of costs as any replacement provider would have to dedicate substantial resource to establishing and understanding the detailed design and operation of SnowOwl Authoring platform and terminology server.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/11/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
B2i Healthcare Kft
01 09 930419
Szent Istvan korut 18 Floor 1 Door 2
Budapest
1137
HU
NUTS: HU
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:
Lowest offer:
1 300 500.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
1 300 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Digital
7 & 8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.digital.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/11/2022