Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Director of Public Health has approved a
36-month Direct Contract Award (through G-Cloud 13, cloud hosting,
software, and support Agreement ID: RM1557.13) to EMIS Health Care
Ltd for the PharmOutcomes system. This decision has been taken in
consultation with Corporate Director Health and Adult Services,
Assistant Director Resources, Assistant Director Care and Support
and Assistant Director Prevention and Service Development.
G-Cloud is a compliant route to market. A thorough evaluation and
selection exercise has been undertaken within this framework to
choose the supplier that best meets budget and specification
requirements.
NYC Public Health currently contracts directly with providers to
deliver services. Providers have accounts on the system that they
use to report their monthly activity for the services they have
signed up to deliver. Monthly claims are generated by
PharmOutcomes, which comprise the invoices for the activity of all
providers. The claims are automatically sent monthly from
PharmOutcomes to NYC finance system.
NYC has a current agreement with the incumbent provider (EMIS
Health Care Ltd) which is due to terminate on the 31/05/2024, this
has been a long-standing rolling agreement, that has been in place
since 2015.
This is the compliant Route to Market and the
current Agreement is expiring on the 31/05/2024. This will also
maintain continuity of service provision in the form of an
automated invoicing and links to internal payment system to pay
providers of public health commissioned services.
Continuing the rolling agreement with the
incumbent supplier was rejected on the grounds of procurement
compliance. An Open Bid was rejected on the basis of the niche
product/service and limited suppliers in the market.
Publication date: 15/05/2024
Date of decision: 11/04/2024