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Official procurement procedure
Provision of Somerset Cancer Register including maintenance of the system
Database services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: "Provision of Somerset Cancer Register including maintenance of the system". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
5.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 13 active published awards; 8 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthoritySalisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 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 |
Published24 May 2024, 09:16 BST | Last source update24 May 2024, 09:16 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationDatabase services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-046a30 | ||
What is being bought
The provision of a digital platform which is designed for healthcare professionals to manage cancer patient care as well as providing patients the ability to access their cancer record at follow-up enabling tracking of a patients cancer journey. maintenance to include regular system updates, contract management, and support.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
24 May 2024, 09:16 BST - Official notice release published
24 May 2024, 09:16 BST - Buyer information updated
24 May 2024, 09:16 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedStatus not publishedPublished valueNot publishedAn award of a contract for provision of Somerset Cancer Register including maintenance of the system for a period of three years, with no option to extend.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
24 May 2024, 09:16 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 20 May 2024, 00:00 BST · £75,420
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £75,420 · signed 20 May 2024, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Contracting authority GB-FTS-52980Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe Trust is in a position to enter into a 36-month contract with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust if one of the exemptions from tendering set out in Regulation 32 applies. In this instance the Trusts wish to utilise Regulation 32(2)(b) to award a contract to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.<br/><br/>Regulation 32(2)(b) is the sole supplier exemption and applies where:<br/><br/>• The services can only be supplied by a particular supplier as competition is absent for technical reasons (“Test 1”)<br/><br/>• There is no other reasonable alternative or substitute available (“Test 2”); and<br/><br/>• The Trust has not artificially narrowed the parameters of the procurement in order to attempt to rely on the exemption (“Test 3”).<br/><br/>Test 1: The services can only be supplied by a particular supplier as competition is absent for technical reasons:<br/><br/>• Only Cancer specific Electronic Patient Record (EPR) that captures the full patient referral to treatment pathway, whilst being the only solution that meets all the National Dataset Requirements: Cancer Outcomes Services Dataset, National Clinical Audits, Cancer Waiting Times.<br/><br/>• Clinical Systems Interoperability: SCR is currently integrated with a number of the Trusts clinical system i.e. PAS / EPR and managing these mechanisms to ensure data integrity and quality is challenging and can only be managed by the incumbent supplier.<br/><br/>• Clinical Systems Integration: SCR provides the mechanism to link clinical systems to instantly pull data directly in the patient record for both diagnostics i.e. HL7 links to Pathology, Radiology and Oscopy systems, and HL7 links to anticancer drugs, Radiotherapy and surgery systems which drives efficiency in data capture and patient outcomes. This type of interfacing is proprietary and requires a unique and in-depth knowledge of technical skill to manage and maintain them with only Somerset NHS Foundation Trust can provide.<br/><br/>Test 2: There is no other reasonable alternative or substitute available<br/><br/>• Referral to treatment times: Increase in time to turnaround and treat patient whilst what would be multiple systems would be set-up to replicate the SCR service, which puts undue risk on a patient being treated.<br/><br/>• Alternative systems exist for patient pathway management but aren’t Cancer specific and don’t meet national reporting requirements, meaning the acquisition and implementation of multiple systems would need to be joined together with Cancer reporting data needing to e uploaded manually to the national Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) system. All these factors would incur additional and unnecessary cost and resource.<br/><br/>Test 3: The Trust has not artificially narrowed the parameters of the procurement in order to attempt to rely on the exemption.<br/><br/>• If an alternative system(s) providing the same level of functionality, integration and reporting had been available then they would have been considered as part of longer-term market engagement and sensing strategy, but at present, the market is limited to ony one provider in the form of SCR.<br/><br/>• Additionally, had an alternative system(s) been available, it would only have been considered as part of the wider Cancer Alliance i.e. SWAG replacement activity, as the alliances strategic objectives is to rationalise and commonise software products / packages to ensure continuity and consistency across the patch.<br/><br/>Therefore, and in summary, procurement and the project team are satisfied that there is sufficient evidence of compliance to both SFI’s and PCR 2015, and the contract will be via supplier’s Terms and Conditions, having been reviewed and offering minimal risk to the Trust. |