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National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) Service

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Business Services Organisation I T S: "National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBusiness Services Organisation I T SScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 I T S
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
Published4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
Last source update4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03eeb4
What is being bought
The National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) was developed in 2009 by X-Lab Systems as a product they call Labnostics. It is a national digital hub allowing pathology test requests and results to be sent between UK laboratories irrespective of the type of LIMS that each lab is using. The Core LIMS project has secured via its approved Full Business Case (FBC) funding for NPEx services that will provide an electronic solution to eliminate manual workflows associated with referring tests to other laboratories outside of the HSC.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
  2. Buyer information updated
    4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    10 Aug 2023, 14:26 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    10 Aug 2023, 14:26 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    10 Aug 2023, 14:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) was developed in 2009 by X-Lab Systems as a product they call Labnostics. It is a national digital hub allowing pathology test requests and results to be sent between UK laboratories irrespective of the type of LIMS that each lab is using. The Core LIMS project has secured via its approved Full Business Case (FBC) funding for NPEx services that will provide an electronic solution to eliminate manual workflows associated with referring tests to other laboratories outside of the HSC. During 2022 Trusts within HSC sent out ~45,000 tests to other labs across the UK to utilise specialist testing that is not catered for or has limited capacity within Northern Ireland. This is currently a labour-intensive manual process and demand for the service is expected to increase as more specialist technologies and tests are made available. The consequences of not utilising NPEx are increased manual work for clinical staff supporting this process, increased timeframe, failure of the project to achieve key benefits that provided justification for the FBC, and continued risk to patient safety due to failure to remove the manual processes associated with this work.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 4 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST · £343,500
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
X - LAB LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£343,500 · signed 4 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Business Services Organisation I T S

Contracting authority GB-FTS-52104
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  • Business Services Organisation I T S
    buyer

    BELFAST, UKN06
    cathy.fegan@hscni.net
    +44 2895362561

  • Business Services Organisation
    reviewBody

    Belfast

  • X-Lab Ltd
    supplier

    GB-COH: 05995322
    Leeds, UKE42
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) was developed in 2009 by X-Lab Systems as a product they call Labnostics. It is a national digital hub allowing pathology test requests and results to be sent between UK laboratories irrespective of the type of LIMS that each lab is using. The Core LIMS project has secured via its approved Full Business Case (FBC) funding for NPEx services that will provide an electronic solution to eliminate manual workflows associated with referring tests to other laboratories outside of the HSC. During 2022 Trusts within HSC sent out ~45,000 tests to other labs across the UK to utilise specialist testing that is not catered for or has limited capacity within Northern Ireland. This is currently a labour-intensive manual process and demand for the service is expected to increase as more specialist technologies and tests are made available. The consequences of not utilising NPEx are increased manual work for clinical staff supporting this process, increased timeframe, failure of the project to achieve key benefits that provided justification for the FBC, and continued risk to patient safety due to failure to remove the manual processes associated with this work. X-Lab Ltd is the single supplier at of this solution and its support. Only the supplier of the solution, has the technical expertise to carry out this work and provide connectivity to the other Labs that use the NPEx