Scope
Description
Civica, are the incumbent contractors and own the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on the software for Dental EDI web server in NI - they also provide this service for NHS England/Wales who use the same system.
EDI is a two-way message broker system between each independent dental practice management system and BSO Dental payments system. This system processes in excess of 140,000 transactions per month. If this service fails, Dental practices will not be paid and the BSO will suffer serious reputational damage.
The WebEDI application is written in VB6 and makes use of .NET Framework 2.0 C# components; both of these technologies are no longer supported. VB6 was out of support in 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0 was out of support in 2017. This currently means that no application changes can be made without first porting the application to supported technologies together with an ever-increasing risk that these out-of-date technologies could be subject to cyber-attack. The continued use of an unsupported technology framework poses an increasing risk to the organisation.
This change is to migrate the WebEDI application to .NET 8 which will resolve the above concerns and minimise the risk of attack.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £135,779 excluding VAT
- £162,934.80 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
20 March 2025
Standstill period
- End: 8 April 2025
- 7 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
9 April 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 10 April 2025 to 31 January 2027
- 1 year, 9 months, 21 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Contract locations
- UKN - Northern Ireland
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Supplier
CIVICA UK LIMITED
- Companies House: 01628868
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCMJ-9641-QWWM
Southbank Central, 30 Stamford Street
London
SE1 9LQ
United Kingdom
Email: BidSupport@civica.co.uk
Website: https://www.civica.com/en-gb/
Region: UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWNJ-1991-NGDW
77 Boucher Crescent
Belfast
BT12 6HU
United Kingdom
Email: etenders@hscni.net
Region: UKN06 - Belfast
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland