Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation
Centre House, 79 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4JR
UK
E-mail: cathy.fegan@hscni.net
NUTS: UKN0
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/
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
Electronic Prescribing System — EPES
Reference number: STA9296
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72250000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Support for the EPES software and underlying support systems needs to continue so that the prescription payment services that the BSO and HSCNI rely on can continue to be delivered without risk of failure for the period January 21-December 22.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
430 776.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Following a competitive procurement process a contract was signed with Hewlett-Packard now DXC on 28 July 2006. DXC retains the intellectual property rights of the entire EPES solution. A full hardware and software refresh was undertaken in 2017 to enable the application to be future proofed until 2024. Without EPES the monthly annual payments to the independent contractors of some GBP 700 million per annum cannot be made and all EPES associated BSO Business Services and prescription fraud prevention activities will cease. The contract term has been selected as above as the Counter Fraud and Ophthalmic elements are currently under review and will be replaced with new independent systems.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
The support for the EPES software and underlying support systems needs to continue so that the prescription payment services that the BSO and HSCNI rely on can continue to be delivered without risk of failure for the period January 21-December 22.
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:
2020/S 250-626927
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: STA9296
Title: Electronic Prescribing System — EPES
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DXC Technologies
41 Arthur Street
Belfast
BT1 4GB
UK
NUTS: UKN0
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 430 776.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
2 Franklin Street
Belfast
BT2 8DQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/01/2021