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 Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Value
- £335,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 096424-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
This award exercises a pre-existing extension option under the Oracle Unlimited Licence Agreement (ULA) to continue support for a range of Oracle products in which PSDS (on behalf of NHS Scotland) holds a perpetual licence to use. The current contract provides for ongoing support on an annually renewable basis thereafter subject to the annual support charges. The Oracle products in scope are used to support multiple critical NHS Scotland services including: - Primary Care systems used by PSDS Practitioner and Counter Fraud Services (P&CFS) systems to administer the payments to the four Primary Care practitioner streams of GPs, Dentists, Ophthalmists and Pharmacists. - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) used to support the collection, storage and distribution of blood and tissues. - National Procurement systems used to support the purchasing, supply and distribution of products and services. - NHS Scotland management information and national datasets including Scottish…
About the supplier
Oracle Corporation UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01782505).