Official UK procurement notice
Provision of IT Decontamination Support for Track and Trace System
Authority: Western Health and Social Care Trust (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£38,667published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Athera Healthcare Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of Fingerprint IT Support for Decontamination Track and Trace system.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 15:16 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2025, 11:25 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039874- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0523a3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Fingerprint Medical are the owner of the Intellectual Property Rights and all Copyright for the Tracker Suite of tracking and traceability software. It is the only authorised provider of Tracker support and therefore a tender for any 3rd party support would not have been legally viable
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 15 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends4 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published15 Jul 2025, 11:25 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Transparency notice published23 May 2025, 15:16 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published23 May 2025, 15:28 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Jul 2025, 11:25 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £38,6671 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athera Healthcare Ltd1 Jul 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 | £38,667 | 23 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Athera Healthcare Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- £136,867
- Period
- 1 Jul 2025 – 30 Nov 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The actual contract value is £46,400.40 inc VAT. However the aggregated spend is above threshold.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FINGERPRINT MEDICAL LIMITEDAwarded 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