Official UK procurement notice
ECRI-AIMS Licensing & Support
Authority: Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of ECRI-AIMS Enterprise annual user licences and software support
CPV: Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001993- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042eb0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
The email of 08/11/23, received from ECRI, stated that "ECRI is the sole sales and support provider for AIMS outside of America. This has been a 16 year partnership with the software owners and developers, Phoenix Data Systems who are located within the USA. Due to our not-for-profit status and very strict conflict of interest rules that ECRI are forced to abide by due to the nature of the work we carry out, we are unable to use distributors or resellers for any of our products and services, including AIMS", Given the content of the email, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust is confident that ECRI Institute is sole-provider for provision of the service covered by this notice. Consequently, BHSCT proposes use of Regulation 32 (Use of the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication)
Publisher note: Rob Davies (ECRI Technical Support Manager, AIMS Business Line Manager) advised by email of 08/11/23 that: "ECRI is the sole sales and support provider for AIMS outside of America. This has been a 16 year partnership with the software owners and developers, Phoenix Data Systems who are located within the USA. Due to our not-for-profit status and very strict conflict of interest rules that ECRI are forced to abide by due to the nature of the work we carry out, we are unable to use distributors or resellers for any of our products and services, including AIMS". Reg 32 (2)(b)(iii) is applicable as the required licences and support can only be provided by ECRI as competition is absent as a consequence of the protection of exclusive rights. This contract with ECRI-AIMS will be for a maximum 3 year period (01/01/24 to 31/12/26). The maximum contract value of £105,000 has been calculated based on firm prices from ECRI-AIMS, with an allowance for potential growth over the contract period.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECRI Institute | £105,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ECRI-AIMS Licensing & Support · ECRI Institute
- Signed
- 21 Dec 2023
- Value
- £105,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Belfast Health & Social Care TrustReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ECRI InstituteAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.