Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation I T S
James House 2-4 Cromac Avenue
BELFAST
BT7 2JD
Contact
Catherine Fegan
Telephone
+44 2895362561
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKN06 - Belfast
NHS Organisation Data Service
Business Services Organisation Information Technology Services
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Sectra Order Management
Reference number
DAC10993
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
HSCNI require an electronic Radiology referring system for both primary and secondary care to continue to send electronic referrals to Radiology departments throughout the region.
Sectra Order Management is currently used throughout all Northern Ireland Picture Archiving Services (NIPACS) sites and a proportion of the GP surgeries. It is already configured to fulfil the requirements of the radiology departments to include regionally
agreed modality and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure). Regulations (IR(ME)R) modality specific questions. It would need rolled out to the remaining Trust users and GP surgeries
who utilise NIECR Orders but would take little training effort and would remove the need to revert to paper.
Failure to implement Sectra Order Management would require HSC to revert to a paper based workflow which is a substantial backward step in terms of requesting radiology
procedures and along with the additional resource requirements it would also create a clinical risk. Clinical risks identified with paper based workflows include time delays, for both patient and clinician, paper going missing, audit trails etc. This would also create a lot of additional manual interventions in an already existing electronic environment.
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: £250,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
HSCNI require an electronic Radiology referring system for both primary and secondary care to continue to send electronic referrals to Radiology departments throughout the region.
Sectra Order Management is currently used throughout all Northern Ireland Picture Archiving Services (NIPACS) sites and a proportion of the GP surgeries. It is already configured to fulfil the requirements of the radiology departments to include regionally
agreed modality and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure). Regulations (IR(ME)R) modality specific questions. It would need rolled out to the remaining Trust users and GP surgeries
who utilise NIECR Orders but would take little training effort and would remove the need to revert to paper.
Failure to implement Sectra Order Management would require HSC to revert to a paperbased workflow which is a substantial backward step in terms of requesting radiology procedures and along with the additional resource requirements it would also create a clinical risk. Clinical risks identified with paper based workflows include time delays, for both patient and clinician, paper going missing, audit trails etc. This would also create a lot of additional manual interventions in an already existing electronic environment.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
HSCNI require an electronic Radiology referring system for both primary and secondary care to continue to send electronic referrals to Radiology departments throughout the region.
Sectra Order Management is currently used throughout all Northern Ireland Picture Archiving Services (NIPACS) sites and a proportion of the GP surgeries. It is already configured to fulfil the requirements of the radiology departments to include regionally
agreed modality and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure). Regulations (IR(ME)R) modality specific questions. It would need rolled out to the remaining Trust users and GP surgeries
who utilise NIECR Orders but would take little training effort and would remove the need to revert to paper.
Failure to implement Sectra Order Management would require HSC to revert to a paperbased workflow which is a substantial backward step in terms of requesting radiology
procedures and along with the additional resource requirements it would also create a clinical risk. Clinical risks identified with paper based workflows include time delays, for both patient and clinician, paper going missing, audit trails etc. This would also create a lot of lot of additional manual interventions in an already existing electronic environment.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-004136
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
DAC10993
Title
Sectra Order Management
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 February 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sectra
Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Companies House
Sectra
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £250,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £250,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom