Purchase of UpToDate Clinical Decision Support tool

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Awarded value£384,816published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Aug 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Wolters Kluwer Health2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of UpToDate Clinical Decision Support tool

CPV: Library software package

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

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: Goods
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: 19 Jun 2023, 16:08 BST
Last source update: 1 Aug 2023, 08:41 BST
Authority reference: DAC11291
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-022250
Classification (CPV): Library software package
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d798 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: There is no reasonable alternative for this procurement, the purchase of UpToDate enhances BHSCT Clinicians ability to provide the best possible care for our patients and ensure equitability for both patients, the clinical workforce and doctors in training. No other resource offers UpToDate's depth and breadth of content, keen clinical nuance and insight, synthesised information, and organised, searchable format. More than 7,300 physicians, internationally recognised as experts in their fields, write UpToDate topics, over 12,000 topics (including text, graphics, and links to more than 495,000 references), 9,700 graded recommendations, 6,500 unique drug monographs and a drug interactions tool, calculators, 2-tiered patient information leaflets and International (including UK) Society Guideline Links (inc NICE & SIGN). UpToDate is unique in the breadth, depth and quality of clinical content to provide clinical teams with trusted evidence based content. UpToDate is a sole source provider of these services as described. The absence of competition is not a result of the artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £384,8161 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 1 Aug 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Wolters Kluwer Health	£384,816 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Wolters Kluwer Health	£384,816 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 022250-2023-DAC11291-1 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Signed
1 Aug 2023
Value
£384,816
Status
active
Purchase of UpToDate Clinical Decision Support tool · Wolters Kluwer Health
Signed
19 Jun 2023
Value
£384,816
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth LISBURN ROAD, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT97ABContact name, email

2 commercial parties on the notice

Wolters Kluwer HealthAwarded supplier Wolters Kluwer, 230 Third Avenue Waltham MA, US, 02451
Wolters Kluwer HealthAwarded supplier 230 Third Avenue, Waltham MA, US, 02451

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