NHAIS Annual Support + Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£50,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 28 Mar 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Dedalus Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Health Application and Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) is a system that has been developed by the NHS for the sole use of the NHS to help manage primary care patient registrations, practitioner payments, population screening and other services. Dedalus then took over support in 2021 and are now the only supplier with the relevant skills and knowledge required to support this system. BSO run a customised version of the software in N.I. to better meet the needs of the services they provide. The NHAIS system has been used exclusively in N.I. since 2004 to provide the services noted below that are essential to H&SC in N.I. It is currently due for replacement as part of the Digital Identity Project at a cost of approx. £20M (as per current BC). There is currently no other supplier for these services.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Mar 2022, 10:09 BST
Last source update: 28 Mar 2022, 10:09 BST
Authority reference: 10444
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-008240
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0326ca Find 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: National Health Application and Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) is a system that has been developed by the NHS for the sole use of the NHS to help manage primary care patient registrations, practitioner payments, population screening and other services. Dedalus then took over support in 2021 and are now the only supplier with the relevant skills and knowledge required to support this system. BSO run a customised version of the software in N.I. to better meet the needs of the services they provide. The NHAIS system has been used exclusively in N.I. since 2004 to provide the services noted below that are essential to H&SC in N.I. It is currently due for replacement as part of the Digital Identity Project at a cost of approx. £20M (as per current BC). There is currently no other supplier for these services.
The services provided by NHAIS are required on an on-going basis and no other supplier can provide this service.
Annual payments for software licences, support and maintenance are required in order for NHAIS to be legally and effectively operated by Family Practitioner Services. This will also include any upgrades of the Cache database as required. Failure to carry out required upgrades to the Cache database will result in increased vulnerability and security risk as the current version is out of support.
STA8304 was completed in 2020 for NHAIS annual support and maintenance to DXC for £1.2m. Dedalus are now providing annual support and maintenance instead of DXC. A further £50,000 is required over the period of the contract to ensure that upgrades to the Cache databases are completed.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £50,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Mar 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Dedalus Ltd	£50,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

NHAIS Annual Support + Maintenance · Dedalus Ltd
Signed
28 Mar 2022
Value
£50,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Services Organisation I T S

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Centre House,79 Chichester Street, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT14JEContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Business Services OrganisationReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

DedalusAwarded supplier Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 4BA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.