Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

CPV: Clinical information system · Medical information systems · Medical software package · Software package and information systems

Procedure method

Negotiated without publication of a contract notice

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

9 Jul 2021, 16:53 BST

Last source update

9 Jul 2021, 16:53 BST

Authority reference

BWPCIT001239

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-016138

Classification (CPV)

Clinical information systemMedical information systemsMedical software packageSoftware package and information systems

Delivery area

South West (UKK1)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-02c67c Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

It is critical to ensure effective continuation of the LIMS service given current operational demands on pathology services, North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust wider digitisation programme and covid pressures. In addition, the IT infrastructure environment of the legacy solution must be addressed to ensure the solution can continue to meet pathology service needs as well as be compatible for on-going support and maintenance requirements.

Given the level of investment already undertaken in time, resource and finances and the significant level of technical effort that would be required to deploy a replacement solution there is a need to ensure potential issues of being able to establish a stable and fully integrated LIMS solution are fully mitigated as well as avoiding disruption to pathology and digital services which could potentially introduce operational and technical risks.

In addition, the level of complexity of the solution that is required to be able to meet the essential needs of pathology services across multiple NHS organisations as well as operating within the confines of a single database requires significant expertise in the complexity of NHS pathology network requirements and a supplier that has capacity to deliver a fully managed service to the scale needed with no software development implications for a wide spectrum of pathology disciplines.

It is necessary to extend the duration of the existing contract for a period of up to 7 years to enable essential changes to be made to the IT infrastructure environment within the timescales required, mitigate operational and technical risks and provide effective continuation of services which cannot be met by existing market place providers. Further, given the significant level of time, resource and finance that would be required to replace the solution the extended period will also provide sufficient time to undertake a replacement of a critical key system should an alternative supplier be identified at a later stage with the relevant expertise and capacity required to meet the needs of multiple health organisations over multiple sites within a single system.

• CliniSys Solutions LtdAwarded supplier Culverdon House, Abbots Way, Chertsey, UK, KT16 9AU

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