Specialist Resources required to support Covid Vaccine Booking System and Child Health System

Official notice

Authority: Digital Health & Care Wales (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£400,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 3 Jan 2022no call for competition

Awarded to TPXimpact Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority requires external specialist resources to complete the implementation of the Oracle platform upgrade, which both the Covid Vaccine Booking System and Child Health System are built upon. Upgrading to a supported version is both critical and mandatory and must be completed before the current version becomes end of life on 31st March 2022.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Authority has identified that Oracle support on the existing Oracle platform,…

The Authority has identified that Oracle support on the existing Oracle platform, which the Covid Vaccine booking system and the Child Health system, which registers and schedules immunisations, are built upon, becomes end of life on 31st March 2022. Upgrading to a supported version of the Oracle Platform which is the underpinning technology is both critical and mandatory to ensure that the vaccination programme is able to operate and take on the new challenges ahead.

As internal resources have been diverted to support the Covid-19 Vaccine requirements it has been agreed at an executive level that the upgrade and associated packages of work to support the vaccine programme need to be sourced and delivered from a third-party supplier.

Delivery: UK · Across NHS Wales

Extensions: Additional work-packages may be called off as and when required but will be subject to Authority approval. The expenditure against this contract will be robustly managed and a close working relationship with the stakeholders will be developed to ensure that the call offs under this Contract are minimised.

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72212610 Database software development services

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: 2 Feb 2022, 15:04 GMT
Last source update: 2 Feb 2022, 15:04 GMT
Authority reference: P738
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-003006
Classification (CPV): Database software development servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031258 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The Authority uses Oracle to deliver a number of its critical systems such as the Covid Vaccine booking system and the Child Health system, which registers and schedules immunisations. The Oracle upgrade required as part of the initial work-package is urgent and needs to be completed by 22nd March 2022. The Authority does not currently have the internal Oracle knowledge and expertise to deliver this requirement and as a result it was agreed that to ensure the upgrade was delivered at pace and within the necessary timescales, a the third-party provider would be engaged to provide their specialist Oracle resources. The utilisation of a third-party also enables the DHCW Team to continue working on other critical projects, such as Covid Vaccine developments. The third party supplier will provide the planning and management of the upgrade implementation and will deploy a team to deliver this activity and future activity, as opposed to the provision of a technical resource only. This gives the Authority greater flexibility and continuity to manage ongoing resource constraints. These resources are essential to support the delivery of the urgent Oracle upgrade required.

Publisher note: The total contract value, including extension options will not exceed 400,000 ex VAT. There is no commitment to spend up to this maximum value as the approach is to call off work-packages as and when required. The flexibility to call off additional support is required in the event of any issues arising during the current, critical work. The additional skill and capacity can then be called-off efficiently as and when required and applied to the DHCW Data team. (WA Ref:118033)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £400,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 3 Jan 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
TPXimpact Limited	£400,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 003006-2022-P738-1 · TPXimpact Limited
Signed
3 Jan 2022
Value
£400,000
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW")

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Ty Glan Yr Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, UK, CF11 9ADContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

TPXimpact LtdAwarded supplier Runway East (Second Floor), 20 St Thomas Street, London, UK, SE1 9RGContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

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