EPES CFU and Ophthalmic Applications Support

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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

Awarded value£915,186published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Dec 2022no call for competition

Awarded to DXC Technology2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In June 2008, the Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System (EPES) went live. The objective of the project was to capture prescription information from Community Pharmacies into a central EPES Database. This system was introduced to speed up pharmacy re-payments, allow for closer scrutiny of the prescribing and dispensing process, and reduce lost income through patients falsely claiming to be in receipt of a qualifying Social Security benefit.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

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

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Oct 2022, 16:18 BST
Last source update: 13 Dec 2022, 12:46 GMT
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-035217
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037d6c 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: In June 2008, the Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System (EPES) went live. The objective of the project was to capture prescription information from Community Pharmacies into a central EPES Database. This system was introduced to speed up pharmacy re-payments, allow for closer scrutiny of the prescribing and dispensing process, and reduce lost income through patients falsely claiming to be in receipt of a qualifying Social Security benefit.
Failure to provision the extended support places BSO at serious risk of an application failure from which we would be unable to recover from. Contractor payments of approximately £576m per annum would be defaulted on and there would also be a risk of fraud as it would be impossible to process prescriptions and estimate payments manually.
Considerable reputational damage to BSO and the wider DoH would be incurred with also a rick of legal action from contractors who have not had payments made to them.
DXC are the incumbent contractors and own the Intellectual Property Rights on the software.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £915,1861 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 13 Dec 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
DXC Technology	£915,186 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
DXC Technology	£915,186 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

EPES CFU and Ophthalmic applications Support · DXC Technology
Signed
13 Dec 2022
Value
£915,186
Status
active
EPES CFU and Ophthalmic applications Support · DXC Technology
Signed
28 Oct 2022
Value
£915,186
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Services Organisation I T S

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth 12-14 Great Victoria Street, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT2 7BAContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Business Services OrganisationReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

DXC TechnologyAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07073335 41 Arthur Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.