Official UK procurement notice
Integration between the existing Varian Aria Cancer Management System and encompass EHCR
Authority: Business Services Organisation
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHSC Business Services Organisation intends to enter into an agreement with Varian Aria is the medical oncology, haematology and radiotherapy orders management system currently in use across Northern Ireland. Encompass requires to integrate with the Varian Aria system in order to ensure that current regional processes and requirements for cancer treatment management are integrated with encompass EHCR for system go live.
CPV: IT 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
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This agreement is for the development and implementation of integration between the…Awarded
This agreement is for the development and implementation of integration between the Varian Aria Cancer Management System and encompass EHCR.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2022, 11:01 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2022, 11:01 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017855- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034c65Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Varian is the single supplier of this software and they provide support of the main system and their bespoke interface engine. This system is highly specialised for the purpose of cancer treatment delivery and is in use to support cancer services in all HSCNI.
Therefore is the only the supplier who can carry out this integration of their own product with the encompass Epic solution being implemented in HSCNI.
Alternative options are not appropriate in this instance as Varian is already contracted and deployed across Northern Ireland. Varian is the only cancer treatment management system in use for this purpose regionally.
Therefore BSO are seeking to rely on Regulation 32(2)(b) of the Regulations which provides a derogation from the obligation to competitively tender (and enter into a negotiated procedure without prior public of a contract notice) for a contract for goods or services over the Threshold "where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only be a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-
(ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd | £142,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017855-2022-DAC10654-1 · Varian Medical Systems UK Ltd
- Signed
- 31 May 2022
- Value
- £142,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Varian Medical Systems UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.