Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Partners Procurement Service (PPS)
Level 2 Kenwood Wing, Whittington Health
London
N19 5NF
UK
Telephone: +44 2033221935
E-mail: rf.ppstenders@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhspps.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.nhspps.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Whittington Health
The Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
UK
Telephone: +44 2072723070
E-mail: info@whittington.nhs.uk
Fax: +44 2072885550
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.whittington.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.whittington.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Development of a smart rota solution for medical rostering
Reference number: CA15089 - CORP6919
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212482
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Development and provision of software solutions enhanced by artificial intelligence that are designed to optimise workforce deployment. Specifically junior doctors.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72212100
48450000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
London
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The core of the service is the provision, development and support of an AI-driven rota generation tool. It gathers the leave requests and working preferences of clinicians and hospital departments, and generates an individualised rota for every clinician.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Product
/ Weighting: 50.00%
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 50.00%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
72 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 3x12 month(s)
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:
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
The AI contained in the platform solution is proprietary to the supplier. The supplier approached the Authority looking for a customer to work with them on the development and refinement of the solution. The product has already been subject to free of charge evaluation trials at the Whittington and our intention now is to award the Contract covered by this notice.
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:
2024/S 000-040861
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CA15089
Title: Development of a smart rota solution for medical rostering
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The VEAT Notice will be issued to market for 10 days to mitigate the risk of any challenges.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/01/2025