Official UK procurement notice
NI Child Health System Support and Maintenance Contract
Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe NI Child Health application serves a business area that is wide, varied and complex in nature. It covers areas such as:
- Newborn Bloodspot Screening
- Pre-school Childhood Vaccination and Immunisation Programme
- Pre-school Developmental Surveillance
- School Health - Medical, Appraisal, Vision Screening, Audiology Screening, Vaccination Programme
- Influenza Programme
- Early Intervention Transformation Programme in Nursery Schools
- Looked After Children - Health Appraisal and Review
The Child Health programme is comprised of a number of complex processes and supporting algorithms that help ensure the right people are called for the right treatment at the right time and that any significant results or outcomes are suitably followed up. Failure in any part of this has potential for adverse patient impact.
The CHS is a regional solution and is used by the 5 Trusts. It has been developed and honed over its lifetime to help ensure it completely supports this complex business. Any failure in
the CHS will significantly increase the risk of failure in the service. This is particularly evident in the neonatal screening programs which are time critical programs where blood samples taken on day 5 of life result in positive cases need to start treatment by day 21. If late diagnoses happened as a result of failures in the CHS, this would have very serious human and financial consequences for families and HSC.
In addition, the system provides numerous analysis reports for use by various bodies including: Government; DHSS&PS; HSCB; PHA; Trusts; NISRA; LCGs and GPs. CHS data is also used for research and audit purposes and for many of these organisations is an
invaluable source of information to enable the planning, monitoring and management of population need and service provision.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Mar 2021, 11:36 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2021, 11:36 BST
- Authority reference
STA 9562- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006511- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- 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 NI Child Health application serves a business area that is wide, varied and complex in nature. It covers areas such as:
- Newborn Bloodspot Screening
- Pre-school Childhood Vaccination and Immunisation Programme
- Pre-school Developmental Surveillance
- School Health - Medical, Appraisal, Vision Screening, Audiology Screening, Vaccination Programme
- Influenza Programme
- Early Intervention Transformation Programme in Nursery Schools
- Looked After Children - Health Appraisal and Review
The Child Health programme is comprised of a number of complex processes and supporting algorithms that help ensure the right people are called for the right treatment at the right time and that any significant results or outcomes are suitably followed up. Failure in any part of this has potential for adverse patient impact.
The CHS is a regional solution and is used by the 5 Trusts. It has been developed and honed over its lifetime to help ensure it completely supports this complex business. Any failure in
the CHS will significantly increase the risk of failure in the service. This is particularly evident in the neonatal screening programs which are time critical programs where blood samples taken on day 5 of life result in positive cases need to start treatment by day 21. If late diagnoses happened as a result of failures in the CHS, this would have very serious human and financial consequences for families and HSC.
In addition, the system provides numerous analysis reports for use by various bodies including: Government; DHSS&PS; HSCB; PHA; Trusts; NISRA; LCGs and GPs. CHS data is also used for research and audit purposes and for many of these organisations is an
invaluable source of information to enable the planning, monitoring and management of population need and service provision.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSC Computer Sciences | £1,701,280 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NI Child Health System Support and Maintenance Contract · CSC Computer Sciences
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2021
- Value
- £1,701,280
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services OrganisationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CSC Computer SciencesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.