Official UK procurement notice
FaR-RMS Trial - Clinical trial database
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FaR-RMS trial (Sponsored by the University of Birmingham) is an Investigator Initiated Trial which is funded by Cancer Research UK and Bayer AG. The funding is contingent upon having a suitably compliant clinical trial database that is active and ready for use by the end of 2021. Funding is provided to support the trial to be compliant with additional regulations. The trial used an existing clinical trial database (also sourced externally) however upon review, the existing clinical trial database is not suitable for the revised scope of the trial. Therefore, a new clinical trial database that is regulatory compliant, is able to be delivered within a tight timeline and fall within budget is required.
CPV: Database services · For medical use
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 7 Oct 2021, 11:57 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2021, 11:57 BST
- Authority reference
SC9502/21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025023- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e92dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The preferred vendor for creating a clinical trial database for this trial is Viedoc TM.Viedoc TM meets the criteria outlined below that are essential for delivering the clinical trial. The company has a track record of delivering clinical trials to registration standard with other academic organisations running clinical trials of this nature (international, paediatric oncology trials with multiple arms) and was independently recommended to the University of Birmingham. Additionally, Viedoc TM is in the process of undergoing a detailed audit of their systems with the University of Birmingham. This is an essential requirement to perform prior to the set-up of an electronic clinical trial database when required for registration standard trials. Viedoc TM have confirmed their ability to deliver the clinical trial database in 2021 and within the budget. The detailed audit of Viedoc TM has also confirmed that it is compliant with the regulations and is therefore suitable for use in the FaR-RMS trial.
The following are detailed reasons for the selection of Viedoc TM as a vendor to provide a clinical trial database for FaR-RMS:
- Able to perform a 'rescue' mission and align an existing clinical database that is in use into a single database for the study
- Able to deliver a live clinical trial database for the study in 2021
- Qualified by the University of Birmingham as a regulatory compliant clinical trial database
- Fall under a maximum budget of £500,000 for the whole clinical trial database
Publisher note: The standstill period for this VEAT notice will expire at midnight at the end of Monday 18th October 2021.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viedoc Technologies AB | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025023-2021-1 · Viedoc Technologies AB
- Signed
- 4 Oct 2021
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The University of BirminghamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Viedoc Technologies ABAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.