Official UK procurement notice
Patient Carer Online Feedback Service
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS 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 publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£900,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
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
- 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…
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- 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- Submission deadline
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Jan 2022 → 8 May 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published172 days ago8 May 2026, 14:38 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2022- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2022, 14:52 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Apr 2022, 14:52 BST
- Buyer details updated8 May 2026, 14:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME | £800,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 042579-2026-NP506626-1 · Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 008856-2022-NP50622-1 · Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2022
- Value
- £800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National Procurement, NHS ScotlandContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
- The Common Services Agency, commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland, (“NSS”)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Care Opinion (Scotland) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.