Official UK procurement notice
Advanced GP System of Choice (GPSoC)
Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCurrently there are 26 GP practices that use the Crosscare solution. The current contract expires with Crosscare on the 31/3/2022.
Given the dependency on IT in General Practice, stopping these services would very significantly impact on the ability of the 26 Crosscare GP practices to provide GMS services. Practices would be unable to access patient histories or record consultations against an electronic patient record. They would also be unable to interface electronically with other HSC systems - E.g. lab results, radiology reports, registration links, Emergency Care Summary, Key Information Summary, Electronic Document Transfer, GPIP etc. - so reintroducing delay and inaccuracy in patient care.
A key element identified in the strategy was the alignment with England's GMS IT procurement, known as GP IT Futures, and the use of its proposed GP IT Futures Catalogue and GP IT Futures Framework.
Unfortunately, the on boarding of systems and services onto the GP IT Futures Catalogue in England was delayed, in part due to covid pressures. This delay has had a knock on effect on the necessary assessment of all options within the NI procurement strategy. The NI procurement strategy is now being finalised and procurement planning now shows that the new NI contracts should be in place by March 2023 or shortly thereafter.
The justification for this DAC, therefore, is to ensure the existing services continue uninterrupted until those services can be procured through contracts established by the on-going procurement process.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A key element identified in the strategy was the alignment with England's GMS IT…Awarded
A key element identified in the strategy was the alignment with England's GMS IT procurement, known as GP IT Futures, and the use of its proposed GP IT Futures Catalogue and GP IT Futures Framework.
The use of the IT Futures Catalogue brings huge benefits to NI:
- items on the catalogue, including both systems and services, can only be there if they have been rigorously tested and accepted. NHS Digital provide the testing for the catalogue. Without this, NI would have to find appropriate experts, both clinical and technical, to continuously carry out the testing of new or amended items. This would significantly increase risk, cost and timescales for every new item to be procured by NI.
- England has a much larger GP market than NI and is better placed to negotiate costs. By using the GP IT Futures Catalogue, NI benefit from the lower costs.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Dec 2021, 12:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2021, 12:16 GMT
- Authority reference
STA10146- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030504- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02fe9fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
BSO ITS are in the process of creating a Framework through GP IT Futures. This was due to happen in 2021 unfortunately, the on boarding of systems and services onto the GP IT Futures Catalogue in England was delayed, in part due to covid pressures. This delay has had a knock on effect on the necessary assessment of all options within the NI procurement strategy. The NI procurement strategy is now being finalised and procurement planning now shows that the new NI contracts should be in place by March 2023 or shortly thereafter.
The justification for this DAC, therefore, is to ensure the existing services continue uninterrupted until those services can be procured through contracts established by the on-going procurement process.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Advanced | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Advanced GP System of Choice (GPSoC) · One Advanced
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A key element identified in the strategy was the alignment with England's GMS IT… | 1bids | — | — | £1,944,363 – £2,228,179 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1,944,363 – £2,228,179 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services OrganisationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- One AdvancedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.