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Procurement of General Practice Appointment Booking Services for practices in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

Details

Buyer
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Supplier(s)
AccuRx Limited
Value
£448,273.56
Duration
2 years
Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
7 October 2024
Source
uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The NHS England National Commercial and Procurement Hub supported NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB to place a new contract for the provision of a General Practice Appointment Booking solution to replace the national contract for appointment booking supplied by Accurx Limited which expired on 30th June 2024. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB's requirement is for an appointment booking solution that enables booking of appointments by patients into GP clinics, long term condition clinics and vaccination clinics with integration with GP clinical systems. The solution is required to meet the digital pathways capabilities that support Modernising General Practice (MGP). A call-off process from the CCS G-Cloud 13 Framework (RM1557.13) Lot 2: Cloud software was undertaken in accordance with the G-Cloud 13 buyers guide to identify the most suitable provider to deliver requirements. The contract has been awarded to Accurx Limted. The contract is awarded for an initial period of 9 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months.

Timeline

  1. Award date1 July 2024
  2. Award published7 October 2024
    Current notice
  3. Contract expiry date31 March 2026

About the buyer

NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is a healthcare buyer, an NHS commissioning support unit that runs procurement for integrated care boards, NHS trusts and healthcare providers. A healthcare procurement team runs end-to-end tendering for clinical services. Tenders are advertised through the In-Tend portal, where suppliers register to bid. A Dynamic Purchasing System covers commonly sourced goods and services such as orthodontics, consultancy and IT solutions. Purchase-to-pay processes and catalogues run through a transactional procurement service for member organisations.

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 South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48000000 · Software package and information systems

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