Official UK procurement notice
Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) VR Platform Licenses
Authority: University of Chester (Charity / VCSE)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Chester has been awarded funding from Health Education England for the OMS VR Platform for 5years. This follows the publishing of Voluntary ex ante transparency notice 2022/S 000-007413.
CPV: Industry specific software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The University of Chester has been awarded grant funding from Health Education England…Awarded
The University of Chester has been awarded grant funding from Health Education England ("HEE") for the OMS VR Platform for 5 years. Using the OMS platform clinicians have the opportunity to manage patients in a safe and secure learning environment, learning from their experiences to optimise decision-making, critical thinking and clinical reasoning. This evidence-based approach aligns with NHS policies and procedures to improve the confidence and competence of medical students and practitioners.
Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology and, in medical education, is in its infancy. Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) have created a medical education and training platform that delivers learning using unique, engaging, immersive and interactive methods. It is specifically designed to translate theory to practice to influence patient care.
OMS are named in the HEE grant agreement. Additional information: The University is contracting with OMS for a 5 year period and published its intention in this regard via a VEAT notice to maximise transparency and to confirm the process to be followed. The University has left over 10 days standstill period between the publishing of the VEAT notice and this award notice.
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
- Goods
- 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
- 18 Mar 2022, 12:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2022, 12:15 BST
- Authority reference
2022-Mar-V-01- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008531- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03238fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights; Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Grant funding for this contract has been provided by HEE which has strict conditions with regards
to:
- timelines by which the funding provided has to be spent. This requires full utilisation of the investment by 31st March 2022.
- Compliance with the terms of the grant funding; including sums to be spent with named suppliers.
Any delay in awarding this contract would risk HEE withdrawing funding from University of Chester. Failure to adhere to the grant funding terms would also entail clawback.
Virtual reality is an emerging immersive technology in medical training. OMS has been created by clinicians for clinicians. The platform provides training to healthcare professionals in a unique and interactive way allowing learners to practice and learn from their mistakes in a way that is safe and supported.
The OMS Platform has been trialed by several other HEE regions and is now being adopted more widely as an everyday teaching tool. Additionally, OMS was selected as one of only 12 companies to be part of the NHS Innovation Accelerator in 2021, after undergoing a rigorous evaluation process. This
initiative supports high- impact, evidence-based innovations to scale within the NHS - which provides a further level of evaluation.
Health Education England detailed the Oxford Medical Simulation platform in their grant confirmation of funding letter issued to the University of Chester on 9th March 2022, creating an exclusive right.
As a result, University of Chester believes that Public. Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32(2)applies.
Regulation 32(2) states:
"The negotiated procedures without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons,
(iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights,
(c) insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted
procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with."
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated30 Mar 2022, 12:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Medical Simulation Limited | £530,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Oxford Medical Simulation Limited | £416,633 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 008531-2022-2022-Mar-V-01-1 · Oxford Medical Simulation Limited
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2022
- Value
- £416,633
- Status
- active
Contract 007413-2022-2022-Mar-V-01-1 · Oxford Medical Simulation Limited
- Signed
- 15 Mar 2022
- Value
- £530,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Oxford Medical SimulationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.