Award

Cancer Patient Pathway System (CaPPS) Support

  • Business Services Organisation I T S

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-003118

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-029395

Published 16 February 2021, 2:54pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Business Services Organisation I T S

Centre House,79 Chichester Street

BELFAST

BT14JE

Contact

Catherine Fegan

Email

cathy.fegan@hscni.net

Telephone

+44 2895362561

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.hscbusiness.hscni.net

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Cancer Patient Pathway System (CaPPS) Support

Reference number

STA9432

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

CaPPS (Cancer Patient Pathway System) supports the needs of Cancer Services across the HSC and manages the tracking of cancer patients and the MDM (Multi-Disciplinary Meetings) where patient treatments/care is discussed. It is therefore a vital system in the provision of cancer care across the HSC.

It was developed jointly by Kainos and BSO ITS and has been supported and enhanced by Kainos for the past 11 years. It is vital that this application is properly maintained as any downtime would have a detrimental effect on the care of cancer patients. It is also vital that the application can be developed to meet the changing requirements of cancer care and changing government directives in this area.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £137,980

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

CaPPS (Cancer Patient Pathway System) supports the needs of Cancer Services across the HSC and manages the tracking of cancer patients and the MDM (Multi-Disciplinary Meetings) where patient treatments/care is discussed. It is therefore a vital system in the provision of cancer care across the HSC.

It was developed jointly by Kainos and BSO ITS and has been supported and enhanced by Kainos for the past 11 years. It is vital that this application is properly maintained as any downtime would have a detrimental effect on the care of cancer patients. It is also vital that the application can be developed to meet the changing requirements of cancer care and changing government directives in this area.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • 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:

CaPPS (Cancer Patient Pathway System) supports the needs of Cancer Services across the HSC and manages the tracking of cancer patients and the MDM (Multi-Disciplinary Meetings) where patient treatments/care is discussed. It is therefore a vital system in the provision of cancer care across the HSC.

It was developed jointly by Kainos and BSO ITS and has been supported and enhanced by Kainos for the past 11 years. It is vital that this application is properly maintained as any downtime would have a detrimental effect on the care of cancer patients. It is also vital that the application can be developed to meet the changing requirements of cancer care and changing government directives in this area.

Kainos originally developed and delivered CaPPS, and have been providing support and maintenance services for a number of years and understand the technical and business solution well. Kainos will provide 30 days of resource over a 2 year period to supplement BSO ITS support and any resource not used for support can be used for development of the CaPPS application meeting a limited number of changes required by the CaPPS User Group.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

STA9432

Title

Cancer Patient Pathway System (CaPPS) Support

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 February 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Kainos

4-6 Upper Crescent

Belfast

BT7 INT

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKN - NORTHERN IRELAND
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £137,980

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £137,980


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Business Services Organisation

2 Franklin Street

Belfast

BT2 8DQ

Country

United Kingdom