Pre Market Consultation for Primary and Community Care

What this is

NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), on behalf of NHS Scotland, is running a Preliminary Market Consultation (PIN) to explore digital solutions to support the management of Primary and Community Care (PaCC). NSS wants to identify proven contract and technical migration strategies, confirm willing suppliers able to provide a managed service for all PaCC applications post go-live, and gather indicative implementation timelines and cost estimates. This is a market engagement exercise only, not a call for competition.

Key points

• Prior Information Notice / market consultation only, no submission deadline
• Future managed service for all PaCC digital applications over multiple years
• Anticipated contract notice around 30/04/2026

Who can bid

Open market engagement; any supplier able to provide digital solutions and a managed service for Primary and Community Care applications may respond. No formal pre-qualification.

How it is scored

Not applicable at this stage; this is a Preliminary Market Consultation gathering information, not evaluating bids.

Money

No estimated value provided; consultation seeks indicative implementation costs and ongoing support charges from the market.

How to submit

Register interest and obtain further information via the Public Contracts Scotland website; contact Paul McKinney (paul.mckinney@nhs.scot).

Clarifications

Additional information can be obtained from the contracting authority address; no formal clarification deadline stated.

Contract period

A future managed service is expected for a yet-to-be-defined period of multiple years post go-live. Estimated contract notice publication around 30/04/2026.

Classification

CPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support Scotland