Official UK procurement notice
NI Child Health System Support and Maintenance 26-30
Authority: Business Services Organisation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe support and maintenance of the NI Child Health System application. The NICHS is used by all HSC Trusts to record and manage services to the children and young adults for whom they have responsibility. The systen has been regularly enhanced over its lifetime to ensure it continues to meet the changing requirements of it isers. NICHS provides essential supprt to staff undertaking, Health Apprasials, Screening, Vaccination and Immunization of children - both before they start school and during their period of school attendance. Critically, the system also caters for the complex issues associated with "cross boundary flow" where a child my reside in one Trust but receive services in another and provides a comprehensive history of a child's immunizations across 5 Health Trusts by presenting a unified view of the multi-Trust activities, no metter which Trist's users are accessing the child's record. Year is for full support and maintenance, Year 2 is READ ONLY support, Year 3 READ ONLY, Year 4 is READ ONLY Support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 6 Oct 2025, 09:27 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:55 BST
- Authority reference
DAC20243- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033519- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a86eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
Dedalus, who trade as DH Opcp UK LTD in the UK, have an excellent understanding of the technology underpinning the NI Child Health System application havinh worked for over 40 years in the child health business area and with the UNIDATA/UniBasic technology. In that time, Dedalus staff turnover was minimal.
Crucially, over the 40 years, Dedalus (DH Opcp UK Ltd) have built up extensive business knowlesge across all programmes of Child Health. They have an in-depth understadning and knowledge of the intricate rules and associated inter0dependancies that apply to the planning and delivery of the Child Health service. They are acutely aware of the reliance trust staff pla e on the system and have grown the capability to accurately and quikly design and deliver system enhancements as well as quicly and accurately resolve incidents as and when they arise. (This has been particualrly valuable during the COVID-19 perios when enhancements wwere requested for delivery in a very short timeframe).
Dedalus also own the IPR tot he current system. To procure a bespoke replacement would take years, which would not fit into the timeframe of how long a system will be needed for. BSO staff would not be able to supporrt the current application as it does not have the skillset or experience to support this technology
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published6 Oct 2025, 09:27 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published6 Oct 2025, 09:36 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Apr 2026, 08:55 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH OpCo UK Ltd (Dedalus)1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 | £810,000 | 6 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · DH OpCo UK Ltd (Dedalus)
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2026
- Value
- £810,000
- Period
- 14 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DH OPCO UK LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender