Support & Maintenance for Clinysis Pathology Systems (Labcentre)

Official notice

Authority: Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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

Awarded value£360,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Sept 2024no call for competition

Awarded to CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of Support & Maintenance for Clinysis Pathology Systems (Labcentre)

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast HSC Trust Laboratories

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: 29 Aug 2024, 14:35 BST
Last source update: 26 Sept 2024, 08:32 BST
Authority reference: DAC12459
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-030703
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049661 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: No other reasonable alternative exists for this procurement, this system is essential to enable the Laboratories in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to function. CliniSys have exclusive rights over the software, licences and updates for this system. The wider market has been consulted as part of the tender process for the replacement of this system. A tender process that encompasses the functionality of this software has been completed and the tender awarded to the current provider, to begin when all necessary testing and coding has been completed. This contract is required in the interim to cover the transitional period. This transitional period has taken significantly longer than had been anticipated. A replacement in the short-term is not a reasonable alternative as it would require extensive ICT infrastructure, validation and integration work that would result in significant disruption and lead to disproportionate technical difficulties that would impact on the Trusts ability to provide a Laboratory Service and thus have a major and critical impact on the Trust's ability to deliver patient care. In any event the introduction of the new Winpath LIMS makes this option illogical in itself. The absence of competition is not a result of the artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £360,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 18 Sept 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED	£360,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED	£360,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Support & Maintenance for Clinysis Pathology Systems (Labcentre) · CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Signed
18 Sept 2024
Value
£360,000
Status
active
Support & Maintenance for Clinysis Pathology Systems (Labcentre) · CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Signed
29 Aug 2024
Value
£360,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth LISBURN ROAD, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT97ABContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Belfast Health & Social Care TrustReview body BelfastContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CLINISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03477318 Ground Floor Culverdon House, Abbots Way, Chertsey, South East, KT16 9L

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.