Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1312756000
E-mail: NSS.ITProcurement@nhs.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883
I.2) 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
Tableau License Renewal
Reference number: NP501625F
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses from the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework. The maintenance agreement is against perpetual licenses and provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
398 003.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Tableau platforms provides for 249 developers across NSS and PHS, and for a minimum of 8000 users of dashboards and
visualisations from across NHS Scotland, Scottish Government and other public sector agencies. Tableau is part of the Seer platform, and the full platform and running costs for the platform were included in the financial case for the Seer
2.0 Business Case. Tableau provides dashboarding and data visualisation products such as the Scottish Vaccination Hub, Finance BI platform, and PHS’s flagship Discovery analytical product.
This call-off against the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework via Computacenter for the renewal of the ongoing maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Call off from the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework with Computacentre.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This call-off against the Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework via Computacenter for the renewal of the ongoing maintenance and support of Tableau developer and user licenses provides for ongoing version releases of the Tableau software, security and software patches, platform health checks and reviews, and platform support.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NP501625F
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/12/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tableau
Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street
London
SE1 0SU
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 398 003.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:820956)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court House
27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/01/2026