Awarded contract

HSCC Licensed e-Journals

Details

Topic
Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Published
19 December 2023

Tender description

It has been recognised that health and care professionals need access to information to provide the best care that is up to date, evidence-based and best suited to the individual patient. In order for health and care professionals to deliver high quality care, the information needs to be available in the right place, to the right people. In recognition of this, the Clinical Knowledge Service (“CKS”), now the NHS Wales e-Library was set up a number of years ago to procure access to electronic knowledge resources, this includes electronic journals. This contract is for the provision of fifty-four (54) electronic journals (including collections). A mini competition was undertaken via the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) Electronic and Print Content Framework, Lot 4 for Print and Electronic Journals (NICE FAHEE/2125). The contract is underpinned by the Terms and Conditions of the NICE Electronic and Print Content Framework HSCC Licence Agreement.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 December 2023
  2. Completed: Award published19 December 2023
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About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 22200000 · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
  • 22211000 · Journals
  • 22211100 · Official journals

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