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
Contact person: Cathy Fegan
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
Cache 64 Bit Licences and Associated Support Services
Reference number: STA 8255
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Cache is owned, maintained and supported solely by InterSystems. Only InterSystemscan provide cache licences and support services. Appointing an alternative organisation to provide cache licences and support services is therefore not an option.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
246 270.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cache is the technology used for both the NICHS application software and for the NICHS database. Without cache, the system would not exist. The version of cache must be compatible with the hardware on which it runs. The NICHS is hosted on the HSC consolidated servers which have 64 bit processors.
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: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The NI Child Health System (NICHS) is an information system used by all 5 HSC Trusts to record and manage the information needed to provide Child Health Services (CHS) to the population of Northern Ireland. Cache is the technology used for both the application software and for its database. Without cache, the system would not exist. The version of cache used must be compatible with the hardware on which it runs. The direct award of this contract to InterSystems is for the procurement of licences and support services required to enable the staff in the organisations are able to use the CHS and to ensure that the technology used to provide the application and database is suitably supported.
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 034-081826
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: STA 8255
Title: Cache 64 Bit Licences and Associated Support Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/03/2020
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
InterSystems
70 Tangier Lane, Eton, Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 6BB
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 246 270.00
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
05/03/2020