Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
Contact
Hywel Jones
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Reference number
AW104
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership are looking to engage with suppliers of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) for use by the Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service (WHAIS), based within the Welsh Blood Service.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL - Wales
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership facilitating a procurement on behalf of the Welsh Blood Service which is a Division of Velindre University NHS Trust. The requirement is for laboratory information management system (LIMS) for use by the Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service (WHAIS), based within the Welsh Blood Service.
WHAIS are seeking to replace their current in-house legacy IT system with a modern and commercially supported system. The purpose of this pre-market engagement exercise is to assess the capabilities of the market and to enable NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to refine its specification and approach to the procurement of this requirement. Indicative pricing will also be requested as part of this pre-market engagement.
The system must support the migration of existing data from the WTAIL legacy system and interface with downstream systems and analysers. The system must support a range of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory services including patient and donor sample reception, workflow management, result analysis and reporting. The services provided by WHAIS include HLA typing, patient/donor crossmatching, HLA antibody testing, solid organ and stem cell donor/recipient matching, platelet typing and platelet antibody testing.
NHS Wales has a ‘cloud first’ policy. As such, the preference would be a public cloud-hosted service. However, it is recognised that some suppliers may not yet provide their LIMS service over the cloud – in such cases, consideration will be given to an on-premise solution.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 July 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
A Supplier Engagement event is to take place on 2nd and 3rd March via Microsoft Teams. Sessions are to last up to 1 hour 30 mins.
The current plan is to release a tender in the summer, and award a contract in the Autumn of 2022, but this is subject to change at the Authority’s discretion.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=118250.
(WA Ref:118250)