Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-12-07
Buyer: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48211000 | 72212211
Estimated value: 7400000 EUR
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Preconfigured health platform providing, automated real time information to provide central information on bed capacity, elective inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic waiting list activity and other ancillary information to support hospitals in gaining insights to improve care delivery.
The scope of the procurement is the implementation of Phase 1 of a Health Performance Visualisation Platform Programme (HPVP) to introduce a new automated approach to acute hospital information management relating to bed capacity, elective inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic waiting list activity that will produce timely, meaningful insights and reports necessary to support the overarching Covid-19 Recovery Planning and Transformation process and to ensure that, on an on-going basis, evidence is at the core of routine decision making and improvement planning. The HPVP will be a preconfigured platform providing a single centralised access point for automated information with reporting across three levels: national view, hospital group level or regional health area (RHA) and hospital operational level.
At present, the data flows available centrally to the Health Service Executive (HSE) are too aggregated to support an effective combination of performance management, continuous improvement and an agile response to the varying demand of Covid-19 activity. The HSE needs to be able to plan and monitor system-wide activity and capacity in real time, or near-real time, to ensure that activity levels are maximised, while at the same time ensuring the safety of patients and staff. The HPVP implementation is intended to address this.
Phase 1 is a direct award procurement by the HSE. Phase 1 involves implementation of the platform across 28 acute public hospitals. This first phase of implementation focuses on key model 3 and 4 acute hospitals to ensure strong visibility of hospital flow. The award is for a duration of 2 years and is being implemented on an escalated timeframe to ensure hospitals can benefit from the use of the system in the current challenging times. Phase 2 will follow using an open tender process for all 50 acute public hospitals with support and maintenance included.
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant impact on hospital bed capacity for the HSE and as a direct consequence the HSE urgently requires a real time information system (providing information on bed capacity, elective inpatient and outpatient waiting list activity and other essential information) (the ‘System’) to ensure that hospitals are prepared for further Covid-19 outbreaks and winter influenza seasons. The HSE’s overall bed capacity has reduced not just as a consequence of Covid-19 patients but also additional infection control measures required in hospitals to deal with the pandemic. The HSE has entered a 24-month contract with the Supplier to provide this system using the negotiated procedure without prior publication, relying upon Article 32(2)(c) of Directive 2014/24/EU in line with the European Commission’s Communication on Covid-19 and public procurement (ref: 2020/C 108 I/01) (the ‘Communication’). As part of the HSE’s due diligence, the HSE assessed the market and came to the view that only the Supplier could deliver the System within the time period required.
The Covid-19 pandemic could not have been foreseen by the HSE (as outlined in the Communication) and the HSE’s urgent need for the System is a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic – the HSE would not be able to plan adequately for subsequent outbreaks without the information provided by the system. The HSE’s urgent need for the System meant that the timescales set out in Directive 2014/24/EU for an accelerated open procedure could not be complied with and the contract was entered without unnecessary delay. HSE regards the system as a temporary solution to its longer-term need for a real time information system, and the short term contract (24 months) for phase 1 demonstrates this.


Winner: Healthcare Logic Pty Ltd
Award value: 7400000
Number of bids: 1