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
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Advanced Health and Care Limited SME
- Value
- £15,158,695
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- IT services · Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 72210000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 030273-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Jun 2025
- Published5 Jun 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
There is no known alternative software product available on the market and absolutely none that integrate with current GP IT Systems, NHS 24, Emergency Care Summary, and other digital systems this software is required to integrate with in Scotland. This new contract provides continuity of services for vital out of hours services under one national contract. Therefore, NSS has negotiated a new five year contract with the incumbent supplier according to regulation 33 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Additional information: NSS is observing a 10-day standstill period and intends to award this contract after 16 June 2025.
About the supplier
Advanced Health and Care Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02939302).