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Published 11 Sept 2025, 15:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC - ASC: Interoperability and Architecture platform - Discovery

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: London (UKI32)
Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Softcat Plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The SCIP is designed to address the priority data needs of Direct Care within CQC <br/>registered Residential and Community-based Adult Social Care (ASC) services. It will <br/>ensure seamless access to critical health and care information, supporting key use cases <br/>such as:<br/>

  • Access to care information for assessment and planning.<br/>
  • Safeguarding and safety alerts for health and care professionals.<br/>
  • Efficient transfer of records between social care providers.<br/><br/>For the purposes of this procurement, the scope is to build the first stage of the MVP for the <br/>Social Care Interoperability Platform (SCIP).

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · IT software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
72212517 IT software development services

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Sept 2025, 15:53 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2025, 15:53 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055908
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIT software development services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0598ce Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Framework Call-Off (CCS Digital Outcomes 6)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Softcat PlcSubcontracting: declared£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 055908-2025-1 · Softcat Plc

    Signed
    2 Sept 2025
    Value
    £1,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
41bids · 41 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health & Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Softcat PlcAwarded supplier Solar House, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, SL7 1LW, Marlow, South West, SL7 1LW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.