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Soscare Support and maintenance contract

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Tenderline Synopsis: Business Services Organisation: "Soscare Support and maintenance contract". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBusiness Services OrganisationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
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Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 4 active published awards; 0 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityBusiness Services Organisation
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Statuscomplete
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Published24 Apr 2025, 09:38 BST
Last source update24 Apr 2025, 09:38 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f722
What is being bought
We require the Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) application to continue to be supported until 2029. The SOSCARE system provides the ability to record clients and related referrals and assessments, and deploy and manage Social Work resources to provide appropriate services to these clients. These clients come from areas including Children's Services, Vulnerable Adults, Residential Care, Home Care, and Meals on Wheels, and the services provided include Fostering/Home Care (including payments), and Occupational Therapy (OT) and Hospital Social Work (SW) Referrals. The Children's Services include areas such as Child Protection, Looked After Children [LAC], Childminders/Playgroups, Adoption and Foster Carer's. Departmental Statutory Reporting for key areas is also provided. £1,125,599.11 has been previously directed awarded to BRM for SOSCARE support and maintenance from April 2021 . It is our intention to complete a further Direct Award to the value of £1,500,000.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    24 Apr 2025, 09:38 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Mar 2025, 13:35 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    21 Mar 2025, 10:29 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    21 Mar 2025, 10:29 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    21 Mar 2025, 10:29 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Apr 2025, 09:38 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £1,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
BRM SYSTEMS LTD
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Contracts
Soscare support and maintenance contract
£1,500,000 · signed 2 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 3 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Business Services Organisation

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCQH-8657-NGMT
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  • Business Services Organisation
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PCQH-8657-NGMT
    2 Franklin Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 8DQ, GB
    ITSPMO@hscni.net

  • BRM SYSTEMS LTD
    supplier

    GB-COH: NI045617 · GB-PPON: PNVR-5921-RTTR
    The Office Dock Unit 2, Channel Wharf, 21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, UKN06, BT3 9DE, GB
    brian@brmsystems.co.uk
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleCrucially, over the 20 years, BRM have built up extensive business knowledge across all programmes of social care. They have an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the intricate rules and associated inter-dependencies that apply to the planning and delivery of the social work service. They are acutely aware of the reliance trust staff place on the system and have grown the capability to accurately and quickly design and deliver system enhancements as well as quickly and accurately resolve incidents as and when they arise. (This has been particularly valuable during the COVID-19 period when enhancements were requested for delivery in a very short timeframe) Given the technology and the bespoke nature of the application, it would not be possible to find a replacement supplier capable of providing the required services. Further, to build the required level of expertise and knowledge into a replacement supplier would be an extremely long process and would require substantial input from BRM, as the main source, over a long period of time. We wish to rely on schedule 5 section 5 (a) due to BRM having the intellectual property rights. They are the only supplier able to provide the services.