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Published 10 Dec 2021, 14:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Patient Carer Online Feedback Service

Official notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£900,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Jan 2022awarded 1 Apr 2026
Awarded to Care Opinion (Scotland) Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS NSS is acting on behalf of The Scottish Government Planning and Quality Division in procuring the appropriate technology and services to provide a Patient/Carer feedback website for NHS Scotland.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£900,000

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 85%Price: 15%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • The Service: 20%
  • Training and support: 10%
  • Moderation: 12%
  • Reports: 12%
  • Accessibility: 9%
  • Mandatory Knowledge and Experience: 12%
  • Engagement: 5%
  • Acceptance & Testing: 5%
  • price: 15%
Published award criteria (9)
  • The Service: 20
  • Training and support: 10
  • Moderation: 12
  • Reports: 12
  • Accessibility: 9
  • Mandatory Knowledge and Experience: 12
  • Engagement: 5
  • Acceptance & Testing: 5
  • Price: 15
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    All suppliers bidding for this requirement must submit a completed Single Procurement Document (SPD), which can be found within project 20258 on PCS-Tender.

  • Economic & financial standing

    SPD Q.4B.1.1: Bidders are required to provide statement of accounts or extracts relating to their business for the previous 3 years.

    Where any are risks identified by the Authority as part of the due diligence carried out on the above information the Authority may require bidders to provide additional information to demonstrate financial standing. Additional information can include but not be limited to:

    • parent company accounts (if applicable)
    • deeds of guarantee
    • bankers statements and references
    • accountants’ references
    • management accounts
    • financial projections, including cash flow forecasts
    • details and evidence of previous contracts, including contract values
    • capital availability.

    Bidders who cannot provide suitable evidence of a secure financial standing may be excluded from the procurement.

    Q.4B.5.1 and Q.4B.5.2: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employers liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;

    Public liability insurance: 1 000 000 GBP;

    Professional indemnity insurance: 1 000 000 GBP.

  • Technical & professional ability

    SPD 4C.1.2 Please provide details of three relevant examples of services carried out during the last three years.

    4.C.2 Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies such as ISO or equivalent who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control. Please provide examples such as the following:

    • Cyber Essentials
    • ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems
    • ISO 27001 - Information Security Management
    • ISO 27017 - Code of practice for information security controls
    • ISO 27018 - Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
    • UK Government 14 Cloud Security Principles

    Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.

    4C.6: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications relevant to the services outlined in the Contract Notice. Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.

    And:

    4C.6.1: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider's managerial staff have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other

    professional qualifications relevant to th…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Dec 2021, 14:14 GMT
Last source update
8 May 2026, 14:38 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Jan 2022 – …
Authority reference
NP506626
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042579
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ffe4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: The budget for the specification is 1000000 GBP over a 4 year term. (SC Ref:831340)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Jan 2022 → 8 May 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published172 days ago
    8 May 2026, 14:38 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Apr 2022, 14:52 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    1 Apr 2022, 14:52 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    8 May 2026, 14:38 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,800,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 1 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME£800,000 †—Awarded
Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth 1 South Gyle Crescent., Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • National Procurement, NHS ScotlandContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth Edinburgh, ScotlandContact name, email Published organisation website ↗
  • The Common Services Agency, commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland, (“NSS”)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealthNP50622 Edinburgh, ScotlandContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff Court HouseReview body EdinburghContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.