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Published 29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England

Official notice

Authority: Health Education England

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£308,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Mar 2021no call for competition
Awarded to Third Iron

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) put out a notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award.

The contracting authority made clear its intention to direct award the contract to Third Iron. The case for direct award was made available on the tender portal.

The financial envelope for the contract is £308,000.

The PIN link is: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 ↗

This is the associated Award notice.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
  1. Well established experience of working in partnership with EBSCO to enable seamless integration with the EBSCO Discovery Service, which is being deployed across the NHS in England.
  2. Ability to deploy at scale: across the NHS in England there are approximately 400 OpenAthens organisational identities, 280 discovery service instances and 185 library services.
  3. Extensive experience of working with NHS organisations to provide full-text fulfilment services for the healthcare workforce.
  4. Experience of providing technical support, advice and documentation to NHS library and IT professionals.
  5. Evidence of proactive product development based on library and user feedback and trends in the digital publishing and discovery landscape, and willingness to work in partnership on projects to provide bespoke enhancements for NHS users.
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West · England

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
29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
Last source update
29 Mar 2021, 16:25 BST
Authority reference
DN528159
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006413
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a07e Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

A PIN notice was placed via ProContract as a Call for Competition, the notice was live for 30 days.

www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021 ↗

Publication reference: 2021/S 000-003386

Publication date: 19 February 2021

F01: Prior information notice

Call for competition

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £308,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Third Iron£308,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England · Third Iron

    Signed
    29 Mar 2021
    Value
    £308,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Health Education England

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Blenheim House,Duncombe Street, LEEDS, Yorkshire & Humber, LS14PLContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Third IronAwarded supplier St. Paul, MN, US, 55127

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.