Orion Contract Support for NIECR

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation I T S

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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

Awarded value£8,500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 6 May 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Orion Health

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Since its inception in 2013, NIECR has become a critical system for Healthcare staff across Northern Ireland providing key, up-to-date patient information. NIECR is a web based portal that sits on top of a large range of current HSC information and clinical systems to give Health and Social Care professionals a single consolidated view of a patient's key medical information.

NIECR is a critical front line system providing a clinical interface for over 30,000 active users. The number of users continues to steadily increase from across all Secondary Care Trusts, Ambulance Service, Primary Care (including GP Out of Hours), community and the independent sector. Many of the users are front line users who depend on NIECR to inform clinical decision making especially in emergency situations when essential medical background information would not be available and a patient could be at risk if for example a medication is prescribed without knowing the contraindications.

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 6 May 2022, 10:13 BST
Last source update: 6 May 2022, 10:13 BST
Authority reference: STA10200
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-011791
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0334ac Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: NIECR is a critical front line system providing a clinical interface for over 30,000 active users. The number of users continues to steadily increase from across all Secondary Care Trusts, Ambulance Service, Primary Care (including GP Out of Hours), community and the independent sector. Many of the users are front line users who depend on NIECR to inform clinical decision making especially in emergency situations when essential medical background information would not be available and a patient could be at risk if for example a medication is prescribed without knowing the contraindications.
There is also a requirement to replace existing NIECR interfaces for the new HSC ICT programmes i.e. DIS, NIPACs, LIMS etc. to maintain up-to-date information within NIECR.
Patient Portal as a module of NIECR provides a clinical view from within NIECR and a patient facing view via a web application. The patient portal is available to patients from all clinical specialties who are using NIECR. The Patient Portal will continue to require support and development by Orion Health as the user base expands
Orion Health own Intellectual Property rights to NIECR and therefore no other supplier would have rights to amend the software in order to provide support or new developments. In addition to the IP rights being held by the supplier, BSO would not have the skills or resources required to support the significant workload necessary to maintain the range and various individual elements of the NIECR services.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £8,500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 6 May 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Orion Health	£8,500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Orion Contract Support for NIECR · Orion Health
Signed
6 May 2022
Value
£8,500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

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

Orion HealthAwarded supplier London, London, EC2M 7PP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.