Oracle Software Licence and Support Agreement
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
Awarded
Key facts
- Closing date
- Not stated by the buyer
- Buyer's estimated value
- Not stated The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Notice type
- Not stated
Decision brief
Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.
- How bids will be scored
- Not stated in the notice.
- Conditions of participation (what you must show)
- None published in the notice. They may be in the tender documents.
- Contract length and extensions
- Period not stated.
- How to submit
- Not stated in the notice.
- Tender documents
- No document links in the notice. Use the official notice link.
New to public tenders? Plain-English guide to this page
- Framework
- An agreement that sets terms for work the buyer may order later, often from several suppliers. The value shown usually covers the whole agreement, not one job.
- Open for bids / closing date
- You must submit by the closing date and time, normally through the buyer's own online portal. Late bids are normally refused.
- Clarification questions
- A deadline for asking the buyer questions about the tender. It is earlier than the closing date.
- Conditions of participation
- What the buyer asks suppliers to show before they can be considered, such as experience, insurance or accreditations.
- Bids are scored on
- How the buyer will compare bids, usually a split between price and quality. A 60/40 split in favour of quality means the cheapest bid will not necessarily win.
- Lots
- A tender can be split into parts. You can often bid for only the lots that suit you.
- Area (ITL)
- The buyer names an official statistical area for where the work is, not a street address. Check the tender documents for the actual sites.
- UK4 and other notice codes
- Official codes for the type of notice. A "tender notice" means bids are being invited.
General explanations written by Tenderpatch, not part of this notice.
Description
This award exercises a pre-existing extension option under the Oracle Unlimited Licence Agreement (ULA) to continue support for a range of Oracle products in which PSDS (on behalf of NHS Scotland) holds a perpetual licence to use. The current contract provides for ongoing support on an annually renewable basis thereafter subject to the annual support charges.
The Oracle products in scope are used to support multiple critical NHS Scotland services including:
- Primary Care systems used by PSDS Practitioner and Counter Fraud Services (P&CFS) systems to administer the payments to the four Primary Care practitioner streams of GPs, Dentists, Ophthalmists and Pharmacists.
- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) used to support the collection, storage and distribution of blood and tissues.
- National Procurement systems used to support the purchasing, supply and distribution of products and services.
- NHS Scotland management information and national datasets including Scottish Morbidity Records and other datasets provided by Public Health Scotland.
- Various bespoke applications and services operated by Health Boards.