Expired contract

Twitter/X Ministerial Intelligence Tool

Details

Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Supplier(s): Twitter UK Ltd
Value: £15,736
Duration: 4 months
Topic: Application service providers
Published: 5 January 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The primary purpose of the contract is to allow the Department to consider social media posts made by candidates to be appointed to public appointments. The expectation of the Commissioner for Public Appointments is that Departments carry out due diligence on candidates to ensure they will meet the required standards in holding public office. Checks of publicly available social media (X/Twitter posts) is standard procedure. X/Twitter have recently introduced a charging policy to allow users to review volumes of Tweets/posts. The fee is paid monthly and there is no contractual commitment beyond each paid for month's service. Standard Terms and Conditions provided by the Supplier are used for this service.

Timeline

Completed: Award date30 November 2023
Completed: Award published5 January 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2024

About the buyer

The Department of Health and Social Care sets health and social care policy for England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation through contracts tiered by value. Suppliers register on Atamis, the department's e-tendering portal, to see live opportunities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender once government thresholds are passed. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Every contract carries a 30-day payment term under the Procurement Act 2023.

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 the Department of Health and Social Care's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

72416000 · Application service providers

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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