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Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record
IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
+5 more
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Business Services Organisation: "Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Business Services Organisation | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Published history for Business Services Organisation. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Coverage: 3 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBusiness Services Organisation | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published26 Mar 2021, 12:06 GMT | Last source update26 Mar 2021, 12:06 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, IT software package, Industry specific software package, Information systems and servers, Software package suites, System and support services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029222 | ||
What is being bought
HSC Business Services Organisation intends to enter into an agreement with First Data Bank (FDB) UK for the provision of FDB Multilex. Multilex is FDB UK's proprietary software which provides medicines optimisation and clinical decision support for medicines management for the purposes of embedding within the encompass Programme Epic electronic health and care record.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
26 Mar 2021, 12:06 GMT - Buyer information updated
26 Mar 2021, 12:06 GMT - Status changed to complete
10 Feb 2021, 16:31 GMT - Official notice release published
10 Feb 2021, 16:31 GMT - Buyer information updated
10 Feb 2021, 16:31 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedThe Epic product that has been procured to deliver the encompass Programme across HSCNI requires the purchase and configuration and embedding of a drug knowledge base which meets the following standards: • a NICE accredited clinical decision support module • a drug dictionary that is compliant with the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) standard (SCCI0052) • includes GS1 barcodes to enable compliance with the Falsified Medicines Directive (Directive 2011/62/EU). (Note: Northern Ireland is still expected to comply with this Directive under the Northern Ireland Protocol following EU Exit). Key functionality required by encompass and delivered by the embedding of a drug knowledge base includes: o A drug dictionary that is compliant with the dm+d standard (SCCI0052). o NHS Indicative Pricing o EAN/GS1 Barcodes o British National Formulary Warnings (Mandatory Instructions) o Drug - drug interactions o Sensitivity checking o Duplicate therapy checking o Patient condition checking (Contraindications and Precautions) o Warnings o Dose range check (DRC)Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
26 Mar 2021, 12:06 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 26 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £5,644,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards First Data Bank UK Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record £5,644,000 · signed 26 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Business Services Organisation
Contracting authority GB-FTS-10285Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleFirst Data Bank (FDB) UK is the provider of Multilex. The FDB Multilex drug knowledge base embeds with existing Epic workflows to enable bar coded medicines administration, clinical decision support and inventory management. FDB Multilex drug knowledge base is used in all UK Epic installations and is the only drug knowledge base product available with the core functionality required by encompass. The Authority is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) as the contract can only be supplied by FBD UK as competition is absent for technical reasons. |