Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 3 Aug 2023, 16:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Laboratory Information Management System services

Official notice

Authority: Digital Health & Care Wales (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£24,568,627published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 Jul 2023no call for competition

Awarded to InterSystems Corporation

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The requirement is for fully managed, cloud-based services to support the management and operational delivery for all NHS Wales laboratories (and all specialties within them) with all clinical functionality, with full configuration, validation and all deployments completed not later than September 2025 (when the existing contractual arrangements will no longer be supported or viable), to remain operational until 30th June 2030. The services will also need to achieve migration of data from the existing services with a similar completion deadline, i.e. September 2025. The services are critical for ensuring the safety of patient care and services and continuity of service is essential.

CPV: Data services · Database and operating software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software package · Medical software package · Networking, Internet and intranet software package · Project management consultancy services · Software programming and consultancy services · System and support services · System implementation planning services · Systems and technical consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK · All Wales

48100000 Industry specific software package 48180000 Medical software package 48200000 Networking, Internet and intranet software package 48600000 Database and operating software package 72200000 Software programming and consultancy services 72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services

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: 3 Aug 2023, 16:47 BST
Last source update: 3 Aug 2023, 16:47 BST
Authority reference: CCN446
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-022660
Classification (CPV): Data servicesDatabase and operating software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software packageMedical software packageNetworking, Internet and intranet software packageProject management consultancy servicesSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSystem and support servicesSystem implementation planning services
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Systems and technical consultancy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ece6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This contract award notice is a relevant contract award notice under Reg. 93(2)(a), (3) and (4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015") for the award of a contract for LIMS services to the current provider of those services, Intersystems.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: As set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Note that this is a relevant contract award notice under Reg. 93(2)(a), (3) and (4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Therefore the limitation period for seeking a remedy of ineffectiveness is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Publisher note: This contract award notice is a relevant contract award notice under Reg. 93(2)(a), (3) and (4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the award of a contract for LIMS services to the current provider of those services, Intersystems. (WA Ref:133530)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £24,568,6271 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jul 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
InterSystems Corporation	£24,568,627 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 022660-2023-CCN446-1 · InterSystems Corporation
Signed
27 Jul 2023
Value
£24,568,627
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Digital Health and Care Wales

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Ty Glan-yr-Afon, Cardiff, UK, CF11 9ADContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone
High Court of England and WalesReview contact point London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

InterSystems CorporationAwarded supplierFC013706 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, US, Massachusetts 02142

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.