Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-16
Buyer: Procurement and Logistics Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48810000: Information systems | 48814400 | 72000000 | 72200000
Submission deadline: 2020-04-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Business Services Organisation (BSO) (Authority), on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) and with the support of the NI Pathology Network has a requirement for a laboratory information management system (LIMS Solution) and associated services. Through the procurement the authority will procure a significantly modernised, improved and rationalised LIMS implemented as a single fully integrated solution across HSCNI.
The duration of the contract will be 9 years with the option for the term to be extended at the authority's discretion by 10 years in two 5 year increments. Options may include support and resources on an optional basis where requested by the authority to support it in enhancing or further developing the applications and services delivered by the LIMS Solution.Further details are in the draft Schedule 2.1 document (see section VI.3 on how to access the procurement documents).
In section I.2) it is stated that this procurement is a joint procedure. Please note this is not a joint. procedure. The contracting authority is BSO awarding on behalf of HSCNI. Please see section VI.3) for full details of the requirement.
Under this procurement the supplier will be required to support the authority’s social benefit objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate, in particular, to social considerations.
Estimated value is GBP 21-GBP 43.9 million. This is dependent on options and the higher value in the range may be significantly different from that quoted here. The objective of this procurement is to have in place a significantly modernised, improved and rationalised LIMS provided and implemented as a single fully integrated solution in a single instance across HSCNI. The minimum requirements are that:
— the supplier must provide a LIMS Solution that supports ongoing and sustainable delivery of information management to HSC Pathology services across the region;
— the supplier must provide a LIMS Solution that meets good practice in usability and user experience;
— the supplier must develop and implement the LIMS Solution and provide delivery services, including training and data migration enabling the authority to decommission the existing LIMS currently in operation;
— the supplier must provide optional services when requested by the authority related to the delivery, ongoing support and enhancement of the LIMS Solution.
Further detail is contained in the memorandum of information and draft Schedule 2.1 available with the procurement documents on eTendersNI. The proposed contract will be entered into by BSO for the LIMS Solution to be implemented as a single instance across Northern Ireland for use by those involved in the delivery of care on behalf of HSCNI. HSCNI means health and social care services in Northern Ireland being acute and community services provided by the five health trusts, ambulance trust, general practitioner surgeries and clinics, health boards and agencies and central government healthcare services organisations (‘HSCNI’). BSO reserves the right to require groups of economic operators to assume a specific legal form once they have been awarded the contract, to the extent considered necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract and in particular to ensure that the contracting counter-party has available to it the financial and technical resources as relied upon during the procurement to secure the award of the LIMS Solution Contract. BSO will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contract Regulations as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). To apply for this opportunity bidders must be registered on the eTendersNI platform. To register please go to https:\\etendersni.gov.uk Help and Supplier. Walkthrough Guides are available from the eTendersNi home page. A telephone helpline is also available from the home page or you may contact the helpdesk via email, ni-eproc-helpdesk@eurodyn.com