Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Health Education England
Blenheim House,Duncombe Street
LEEDS
LS14PL
Contact
Laura Devine
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England
Reference number
DN528159
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short 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: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003386-2021
This is the associated Award notice.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £308,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Main site or place of performance
England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
A PIN notice was placed via ProContract as a Call for Competition, the notice was live for 30 days.
https://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
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DN528159
Title
Full-text fulfilment tool for the NHS in England - Health Education England
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 March 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Third Iron
St. Paul, MN
55127
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £308,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £308,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Health Education England
Leeds
LS1 4PL
Country
United Kingdom