Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
BSO C/O Procurement and Logistics Service
77 Boucher Crescent
Belfast
BT12 6HU
UK
E-mail: ict.sourcing@hscni.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation
2 Franklin Street
Belfast
BT2 8DQ
UK
E-mail: ict.sourcing@hscni.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Single Regional Integrated Radiology Information System (RIS), Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS), Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland — NIPACS+
Reference number: 2691578
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72260000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Business Services Organisation (‘BSO’) on behalf of health and social care Northern Ireland wishes to procure the delivery, implementation, ongoing support and development of a single regional integrated RIS, PACS and VNA which will operate as a single imaging system with the facility to store, distribute, view and diagnose images both within radiology and those which originate outside of the radiology domain in their native format, to be known as the Northern Ireland picture archive and communications system + solution (the ‘NIPACS+ Solution’).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72253000
48800000
48151000
72300000
72268000
72260000
48100000
48180000
72590000
72000000
48517000
72250000
30200000
51611100
44316400
72500000
48000000
50312000
50312600
30214000
80533100
48814400
33110000
48329000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Business Services Organisation (‘BSO’) on behalf of health and social care Northern Ireland wishes to procure the delivery, implementation, ongoing support and development of a single regional integrated RIS,PACS and VNA which will operate as a single imaging system with the facility to store, distribute, view and diagnose images both within radiology and those which originate outside of the radiology domain in their native format, to be known as the Northern Ireland picture archive and communications system + solution (the ‘NIPACS+ Solution’).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
5 x 1-year period at the discretion of BSO. Also see Section II.2.11).
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Please refer to the selection stage tender evaluation methodology and marking scheme document (see Section VI.3).
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The duration of the contract will be 10 years with the option for the term to be extended at BSO's discretion by a further 5 years in 1 year increments.
Options will be also required for additional interface development and additional data migration.
BSO may exercise an option to implement the epic radiology information system at a still to be determined time during the NIPACS+ contract. This may require additional assistance from the NIPACS+ solution supplier. Further details are in the MoI document (see Section VI.3) for how to access the procurement documents).
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
In Section 1.2) it is stated that this procurement is a joint procedure. Please note this is not a joint procedure. The contracting authority is BSO as stated in I.1 awarding on behalf of HSCNI as described in Section VI.3). Please see Section VI.3) for full details of the NIPACS+ requirement.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 183-414082
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
17/02/2020
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.3) Additional information
Estimated value is 80 000 000 GBP-132 000 000 GBP. This is dependent on options and the higher value in the range may be significantly different from that quoted here. The core functionality of the NIPACS+ solution will include a regional single integrated RIS/PACS/VNA service for HSCNI and the facility to store, distribute, view and diagnose images both within radiology and those which originate outside of the radiology domain in their native format. In addition to the core functionality the NIPACS+ solution should be capable of extension to include the optional functionality/further options as noted at Section II.2.11). Further detail is contained in the memorandum of information available with the procurement documents on eTendersNI. The proposed contract will be entered into by BSO for the NIPACS+ solution to be implemented as a single instance across Northern Ireland for use by those involved in the delivery of care on behalf of HSCNI. HSCNI means health and social care services in Northern Ireland being acute and community services provided by the 5 health trusts, ambulance trust, general practitioner surgeries and clinics, health boards and agencies and central government healthcare services organisations (‘HSCNI’). BSO reserves the right to require groups of economic operators to assume a specific legal form once they have been awarded the contract, to the extent considered necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract and in particular to ensure that the contracting counter-party has available to it the financial and technical resources as relied upon during the procurement to secure the award of the NIPACS+ solution Contract. BSO will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful suppliers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contract Regulations as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). To apply for this opportunity bidders must be registered on the eTendersNI platform. To register please go to https:\\etendersni.gov.uk. Help and Supplier Walkthrough Guides are available from the eTendersNi home page. A telephone helpline is also available from the home page or you may contact the helpdesk via email, ni-eproc-helpdesk@eurodyn.com
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/01/2020