Who won: Oracle Software Licence and Support Agreement

About this contract

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.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for services work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
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