Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Business Services Organisation I T S · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- NHS National Services Scotland
- Value
- £220,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 004262-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2021
- Published3 Mar 2021Published the same day
Description
The Clinical Communications Gateway (CCG) was developed and is supported by National Services Scotland - a Pubic Body providing services to the NHS in Scotland. NSS have provided the system to the HSC and is used to send and track electronic referrals between GPs and secondary and community care services. NSS provide application system support and upgrade services to the HSC. CCG has brought significant benefits to the referral process in recent years. It helps ensure the secure and timely delivery of accurate patient referral details so improving the service to patients. The HSCB has mandated the use of CCG for all referrals from GPs to consultant led services. A failure to continue with the system would have a very significant impact on patients, GPs and staff in secondary and community care settings.
About the supplier
NHS National Services Scotland: every public contract they have won.