IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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This notice is to exercise the extension option for a full 2 year term from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022 under the original OJEU notice Ref: 2017/S 230-47. Please note main CPV code on original notice was 48000000. Original advert — NHS England is using technology to empower patients and make it easier for clinicians to deliver high quality care and enabling patients to seamlessly navigate the service as part of its digital transformation strategy. The online consultation programme is a contribution towards this ambition. As part of the NHS General Practice Forward View, a GBP 45 million fund has been created to contribute towards the costs for practices to purchase online consultation systems, improving access and making best use of clinicians’ time. This funding is part of the general practice development programme; building capacity for improvement through free training, spreading innovations from around the country using the 10 high impact actions and funding for new ways of working. This notice is to exercise the extension option for a full 2 year term from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022 under original OJEU notice Ref: 2017/S 230-479603. Interested parties should note that NHS England is currently working alongside NHS Digital to progress the implementation of the GPIT Futures Catalogue agreement. The direction of travel is for online Consultations to fall under the GPIT Futures Catalogue agreement. The previous OJEU notice stated the below. The NHS General Practice Forward View envisaged a future for the procurement of primary care digital services based on national and regionally negotiated buying frameworks. It also signalled an intention to establish a national procurement vehicle for the cost-effective purchase of online consultation tools and an investment of GBP 45 m to contribute towards the costs for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), general practices and general practice affiliations to purchase online consultation systems in primary care. As such, NHS England's National Commercial and Procurement Hub are seeking to establish a national Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the procurement of online consultation systems. This DPS, once established, will allow NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs),and other identified contracting authorities, to procure online consultation systems on a regional/local basis.