Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 10 Aug 2023, 14:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Pathology Exchange (NPEx) Service

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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

Awarded value£343,500published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 4 Sept 2023no call for competition

Awarded to X-Lab Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

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: 10 Aug 2023, 14:26 BST
Last source update: 4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST
Authority reference: DAC11275
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-026057
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03eeb4 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: 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.
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

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
4 Sept 2023, 13:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £343,5001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 4 Sept 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
X-Lab Limited	£343,500 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
X-Lab Limited	£343,500 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 026057-2023-1 · X-Lab Limited
Signed
4 Sept 2023
Value
£343,500
Status
active
Contract 023419-2023-1 · X-Lab Limited
Signed
10 Aug 2023
Value
£343,500
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Business Services Organisation I T S

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth BELFAST, Northern IrelandContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Business Services OrganisationReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

X-Lab LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05995322 Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.